I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
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Gill's Exposition
I the Lord have called thee in righteousness,.... Not the Prophet Isaiah, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra interpret it; nor the people of Israel, as Kimchi; but the Messiah, whom Jehovah called to the office…
Barnes' Notes
I the Lord have called thee in righteousness - The phrase ‘in righteousness’ has been very differently understood by different expositors (see the note at Isa 41:10). The most probable meaning may be,…
Here is I. The covenant God made with and the commission he gave to the Messiah, Isa 42:5-7, which are an exposition of Isa 42:1, Behold my servant, whom I uphold.
1. The royal titles by which the…
Cambridge Bible
called thee in righteousness i.e. in accordance with a stedfast and consistent purpose. See Appendix, Note II, and cf. ch. Isa 45:13.
and will keep thee R.V. marg. ("form thee") derives the verb from…
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