43:10 You are my witnesses,” says the Lord,
“my servant whom I have chosen,
so that you may consider 1 and believe in me,
and understand that I am he.
No god was formed before me,
and none will outlive me. 2
49:6 he says, “Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant,
to reestablish the tribes of Jacob,
and restore the remnant 3 of Israel? 4
I will make you a light to the nations, 5
so you can bring 6 my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth.”
49:14 “Zion said, ‘The Lord has abandoned me,
the sovereign master 7 has forgotten me.’
1 tn Or “know” (KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
2 tn Heb “and after me, there will not be”; NASB “there will be none after Me.”
3 tn Heb “the protected [or “preserved”] ones.”
4 sn The question is purely rhetorical; it does not imply that the servant was dissatisfied with his commission or that he minimized the restoration of Israel.
5 tn See the note at 42:6.
6 tn Heb “be” (so KJV, ASV); CEV “you must take.”
5 tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).