Isaiah 42:6
Douay-Rheims
I the Lord have called thee in justice, and taken thee by the hand, and preserved thee. And I have given thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles:
Ibn Ezra
I, the Lord, have called thee, etc. The Lord in these words addresses the prophet upon his own concerns. And I will keep thee, that no evil shall befall thee. For a covenant of a people. To establish the covenant of a people ; comp. 49:8
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
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1167 · Isaiah 42:6
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