Isaiah 49:6
And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Note d'étude
Study Note
God addresses the Servant and announces that calling Israel back to himself is 'too small' a task — the Servant's mission is enlarged to be 'a light to the nations' to the ends of the earth. This expansion of Israel's vocation from national to universal marks a pivotal moment in Isaiah's theology of election: privilege entails mission. Paul and Barnabas cite this verse in Acts 13:47 to justify the turn to the Gentiles after Jewish rejection, making it a foundational text for early Christian missiology. The verse also shapes the New Testament's universal scope of salvation (John 3:16; Revelation 7:9).
Autres traductions
yea, he saith, It is too light a thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
And He saith, `It hath been a light thing That thou art to Me for a servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And the preserved of Israel to bring back, And I have given thee for a light of nations, To be My salvation unto the end of the earth.'
It is not enough for one who is my servant to put the tribes of Jacob again in their place, and to get back those of Israel who have been sent away: my purpose is to give you as a light to the nations, so that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.
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