Isaiah 49:1-19
Listen <08085> [Listen.]
Pay attention <07181> [and hearken.]
Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
made .................. made <07760> [he hath made.]
hollow <06738> [in the.]
made .................. made ..... sharpened <07760 01305> [made me.]
The polished shaft, says Bp. Lowth, denotes the same efficacious word which is before represented by the sharp sword. The doctrine of the gospel pierced the hearts of its hearers, "bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ."
worked <03021> [I have laboured.]
expended <03615> [spent.]
But <0403> [yet.]
reward <06468> [work. or, reward.]
formed <03335> [that formed.]
restore <07725> [to bring.]
Israel <03478> [Though, etc. or, That Israel may be gathered to him, and I may, etc. Israel.]
honored <03513> [yet.]
insignificant ......... servant <07043 05650> [It is a light thing that. or, Art thou lighter, than that, etc.]
<05341> [preserved. or, desolations. I will also.]
deliverance <03444> [that thou mayest.]
protector <01350> [the Redeemer.]
one .... despised <05315 0960> [to him whom man despiseth. or, to him that is despised in soul.]
servant <05650> [to a.]
Kings <04428> [Kings.]
chosen <0977> [and he.]
favor <07522> [In an.]
help <05826> [have I helped.]
make .... covenant <05414 01285> [give thee.]
mediator <06965> [establish. or, raise up.]
reassign <05157> [to cause.]
prisoners <0631> [to the.]
dark dungeons <02822> [to them.]
graze <07462> [They shall feed.]
slopes <08205> [high.]
hungry <07456> [shall not.]
oppressive heat <08273> [neither.]
compassion <07355> [he that.]
come <0935> [these shall.]
sky <08064> [O heavens.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
Lord <03068> [The Lord.]
sovereign <0136> [my Lord.]
woman <0802> [a woman.]
compassion <07355> [that she should not have compassion. Heb. from having compassion. they may.]
forget ........................ forget ..... forget <07911> [yet.]
inscribed <02710> [I have.]
walls <02346> [thy walls.]
children <01121> [children.]
hurry <04116> [haste.]
Or, by a slight change of the points, "Thy builders shall make haste:" those appointed to build the city and walls of Zion, shall speedily begin and accomplish the work.
while those who destroyed <02040> [thy destroyers.]
Look <05375> [Lift up.]
gather <06908> [all these.]
live <02416> [As I live.]
put <03847> [thou shalt.]
bride <03618> [as a bride.]
[doeth.]
Bp. Lowth adds from the LXX., "her jewels."
ruins <02723> [thy waste.]
devoured <01104> [they that.]
