Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 49

100 catchwords1062 parallels

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Isaiah 49 . 1 , Christ being sent to the Jews , complains of them; Isaiah 49 . 5 , He is sent to the Gentiles with gracious promises; Isaiah 49 . 13 , God’s love is perpetual to his church; Isaiah 49 . 18 , The ample restoration of the church; Isaiah 49 . 24 , The powerful deliverance out of captivity.

Isaiah 49:1

Listen to Me, O islands; pay attention, O distant peoples: The LORD called Me from the womb; from the body of My mother He named Me.

Isaiah 49:1 · BSB

Listen8 parallels

and hearken4 parallels

The Lord13 parallels

Reciprocal26 parallels

Isaiah 49:2

He made My mouth like a sharp sword; He hid Me in the shadow of His hand. He made Me like a polished arrow; He hid Me in His quiver.

Isaiah 49:2 · BSB

he hath made7 parallels

in the4 parallels

made me6 parallels

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."

Reciprocal10 parallels

Isaiah 49:3

He said to Me, "You are My Servant, Israel, in whom I will display My glory."

Isaiah 49:3 · BSB

the whole verse17 parallels

Reciprocal11 parallels

Isaiah 49:4

But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”

Isaiah 49:4 · BSB

I have laboured7 parallels

spent2 parallels

yet9 parallels

work2 parallels

or , reward

Reciprocal11 parallels

Isaiah 49:5

And now says the LORD, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, that Israel might be gathered to Him—for I am honored in the sight of the LORD, and My God is My strength—

Isaiah 49:5 · BSB

that formed1 parallel

to bring4 parallels

Israel5 parallels

yet9 parallels

Reciprocal20 parallels

Though etc. or , That Israel may be gathered to him , and I may , etc

Isaiah 49:6

He says: “It is not enough for You to be My Servant, to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the protected ones of Israel. I will also make You a light for the nations, to bring My salvation to the ends of the earth.”

Isaiah 49:6 · BSB

It is a light thing that2 parallels

or , Art thou lighter , than that , etc

I will also6 parallels

that thou mayest8 parallels

Reciprocal86 parallels

preserved or , desolations

Isaiah 49:7

Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”

Isaiah 49:7 · BSB

the Redeemer2 parallels

to him whom man despiseth12 parallels

or , to him that is despised in soul

to a2 parallels

Kings10 parallels

and he3 parallels

Reciprocal45 parallels

Isaiah 49:8

This is what the LORD says: “In the time of favor I will answer You, and in the day of salvation I will help You; I will keep You and appoint You to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land, to apportion its desolate inheritances,

Isaiah 49:8 · BSB

In an6 parallels

have I helped3 parallels

give thee4 parallels

establish2 parallels

or , raise up

to cause7 parallels

Reciprocal14 parallels

Isaiah 49:9

to say to the prisoners, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Show yourselves.’ They will feed along the pathways, and find pasture on every barren hill.

Isaiah 49:9 · BSB

to the11 parallels

to them12 parallels

They shall feed13 parallels

high1 parallel

Reciprocal24 parallels

Isaiah 49:10

They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.

Isaiah 49:10 · BSB

shall not4 parallels

neither5 parallels

he that6 parallels

Reciprocal43 parallels

Isaiah 49:11

I will turn all My mountains into roads, and My highways will be raised up.

Isaiah 49:11 · BSB

the whole verse12 parallels

Reciprocal4 parallels

Isaiah 49:12

Behold, they will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Aswan.”

Isaiah 49:12 · BSB

these shall20 parallels

Reciprocal19 parallels

Isaiah 49:13

Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.

Isaiah 49:13 · BSB

O heavens12 parallels

the Lord12 parallels

Reciprocal24 parallels

Isaiah 49:14

But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!”

Isaiah 49:14 · BSB

The Lord6 parallels

my Lord3 parallels

Reciprocal17 parallels

Isaiah 49:15

“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!

Isaiah 49:15 · BSB

a woman5 parallels

they may10 parallels

yet5 parallels

Reciprocal18 parallels

that she should not have compassion Heb. from having compassion

Isaiah 49:16

Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.

Isaiah 49:16 · BSB

I have4 parallels

thy walls4 parallels

Reciprocal4 parallels

Isaiah 49:17

Your builders hasten back; your destroyers and wreckers depart from you.

Isaiah 49:17 · BSB

children6 parallels

thy destroyers4 parallels

Reciprocal3 parallels

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.

Isaiah 49:18

Lift up your eyes and look around. They all gather together; they come to you. As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “you will wear them all as jewelry and put them on like a bride.

Isaiah 49:18 · BSB

Lift up5 parallels

all these12 parallels

As I live3 parallels

thou shalt2 parallels

as a bride2 parallels

Reciprocal13 parallels

doeth Bp. Lowth adds from the LXX , "her jewels.

Isaiah 49:19

For your ruined and desolate places and your ravaged land will now indeed be too small for your people, and those who devoured you will be far away.

Isaiah 49:19 · BSB

thy waste14 parallels

they that11 parallels

Reciprocal7 parallels

Isaiah 49:20

Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’

Isaiah 49:20 · BSB

children4 parallels

The place5 parallels

Reciprocal10 parallels

Isaiah 49:21

Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?’”

Isaiah 49:21 · BSB

seeing5 parallels

am desolate12 parallels

Reciprocal12 parallels

Isaiah 49:22

This is what the Lord GOD says: “Behold, I will lift up My hand to the nations, and raise My banner to the peoples. They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders.

Isaiah 49:22 · BSB

Behold15 parallels

Reciprocal18 parallels

arms Heb. bosom

Isaiah 49:23

Kings will be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow to you facedown and lick the dust at your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who hope in Me will never be put to shame."

Isaiah 49:23 · BSB

kings19 parallels

Cyrus , Darius , Artaxerxes , and other Persian monarchs , as well as Alexander the Great , and his successors , particularly Demetrius , conferred many privileges and immunities on the Jewish people , and were munificent benefactors to their temple. But the prophecy was more remarkably and fully fulfilled in the favour which Constantine the Great , and other Christian princes and princesses from his time to the present day , have shewn to the church of Christ; though it cannot be disputed , that the grand and signal accomplishment of these predictions is yet future

nursing fathers1 parallel

Heb. nourishers

bow5 parallels

lick up1 parallel

for they9 parallels

Reciprocal39 parallels

queens Heb. princesses

Isaiah 49:24

Can the plunder be snatched from the mighty, or the captives of a tyrant be delivered?

Isaiah 49:24 · BSB

Shall2 parallels

prey8 parallels

lawful captive6 parallels

Heb. captivity of the just

Reciprocal21 parallels

Isaiah 49:25

Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Even the captives of the mighty will be taken away, and the plunder of the tyrant will be retrieved; I will contend with those who contend with you, and I will save your children.

Isaiah 49:25 · BSB

Even10 parallels

I will contend14 parallels

I will save2 parallels

Reciprocal29 parallels

captives Heb. captivity

Isaiah 49:26

I will make your oppressors eat their own flesh; they will be drunk on their own blood, as with wine. Then all mankind will know that I, the LORD, am your Savior and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.”

Isaiah 49:26 · BSB

I will feed2 parallels

drunken3 parallels

and all10 parallels

Reciprocal32 parallels

sweet wine or , new wine

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web23 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations Acts 13:46-47 → Isaiah 49:6, 2 Corinthians 6:2 → Isaiah 49:8
Allusions Mark 3:27 → Isaiah 49:24-25, Luke 2:32 → Isaiah 49:6, Luke 24:47 → Isaiah 49:6, Acts 22:21 → Isaiah 49:6, Galatians 1:15-16 → Isaiah 49:1-6, 1 Thessalonians 3:5 → Isaiah 49:4, Revelation 1:13-16 → Isaiah 49:2, Isaiah 49:23 → Psalm 72:9
Echoes Acts 9:1-30 → Isaiah 49:1, Philippians 2:16 → Isaiah 49:4, Revelation 7:9-10 → Isaiah 49:6, Isaiah 49:13 → Deuteronomy 32:43
Trajectories
Gentile Inclusion (Light to the Nations), Image of God (Priestly Vocation), Isaiah (Suffering Servant Messenger), Israel (Corporate New-Adam), Rahab and Jericho (Faith Saves Gentiles), Suffering Servant (Vicarious Atonement)
Anchor Text Networks
Networked Isaiah 49.1-6 - A Light to the Nations
Chiasms
Shaped Isaiah 49:1–6, Isaiah 49:7–12
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