Enter The Servant
Hi GAMErs!
Today’s passage is Isaiah 49:1-13. Let’s go!
Isaiah 49:1-12 (NIV)
1 Listen to me, you islands; hear this, you distant nations: Before I was born the LORD called me; from my birth he has made mention of my name.
2 He made my mouth like a sharpened sword, in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me into a polished arrow and concealed me in his quiver.
3 He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, in whom I will display my splendor.”
On verses 1-12: After speaking repeatedly in chapters 41-48 about how the Jewish people would be delivered from captivity in Babylon by a man called Cyrus, suddenly starting in chapter 49 Isaiah stops referring to Babylon and Cyrus. Instead, he turns his focus to someone he calls “the Servant”. This servant would have an impact not only on the Jewish people, but on the nations, bringing “light for the Gentiles” and “salvation to the ends of the earth” (v6).
