Isaiah 49 — Rabbi

Isaiah 49:1

שִׁמְע֤וּ

shâmaʻ

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.) אִיִּים֙

ʼîy

properly, a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island אֵלַ֔י

ʼêl

near, with or among; often in general, to וְהַקְשִׁ֥יבוּ

qâshab

and — to prick up the ears, i.e. hearken לְאֻמִּ֖ים

lᵉʼôm

a community מֵרָח֑וֹק

râchôwq

from — remote, literally or figuratively, of place or time; specifically, precious; often used adverbially (with preposition) יְהוָה֙

Yᵉhôvâh

(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God מִבֶּ֣טֶן

beṭen

from — the belly, especially the womb; also the bosom or body of anything קְרָאָ֔נִי

qârâʼ

to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications) מִמְּעֵ֥י

mêʻeh

from — used only in plural the intestines, or (collectively) the abdomen, figuratively, sympathy; by implication, a vest; by extension the stomach, the uterus (or of men, the seat of generation), the heart (figuratively) אִמִּ֖י

ʼêm

a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father]) הִזְכִּ֥יר

zâkar

properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male שְׁמִֽי

shêm

an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character

Isaiah 49:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)

AMPLIFIED · 1 of 3

Listen to Me, O islands and coastlands, And pay attention, you peoples from far away. The

Cross-Book Pattern

The servant describes being called by God even before birth, named and set apart from inside his own mother's womb. Paul reaches for this ex…Lord

Cross-Book Pattern

The servant describes being called by God even before birth, named and set apart from inside his own mother's womb. Paul reaches for this ex… has

Cross-Book Pattern

The servant describes being called by God even before birth, named and set apart from inside his own mother's womb. Paul reaches for this ex…called

Cross-Book Pattern

The servant describes being called by God even before birth, named and set apart from inside his own mother's womb. Paul reaches for this ex… Me from the

Cross-Book Pattern

The servant describes being called by God even before birth, named and set apart from inside his own mother's womb. Paul reaches for this ex…womb

Cross-Book Pattern

The servant describes being called by God even before birth, named and set apart from inside his own mother's womb. Paul reaches for this ex…;

Cross-Book Pattern

The servant describes being called by God even before birth, named and set apart from inside his own mother's womb. Paul reaches for this ex… From the body of My mother He has named Me.

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▦Isaiah 49:1New

This second Servant Song opens the book's central section - a figure given the title "Israel" is now sent to do what Israel itself has failed to do.

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Galatians 1:15, "God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace" - the servant's own call before birth, echoed in Paul's account of his calling to the Gentiles.

Isaiah 49:1 · WEB

Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the inside of my mother he has mentioned my name.

Galatians 1:15 · WEB

But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb, and called me through his grace,

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Today's memory verse · from this session

“Listen to Me, O islands and coastlands, And pay attention, you peoples from far away. The Lord has called Me from the womb; From the body of My mother He has named Me.”

Isaiah 49:1

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