Scofield Reference Bible Notes
Isaiah 49

Isa 49:1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.

isles

i.e. coasts.

The LORD hath called me from the womb

Christ (First Advent). Isa 49:1-6; Isa 50:5, 6. (Gen 3:15; Acts 1:9.)

Isa 49:6 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.

Gentiles

See Scofield Isaiah 42:6, and note.

Isa 49:7 Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.

Redeemer [See also Isa 49:26.]

Hebrew goel, Redemption (Kinsman type). Scofield Isaiah 59:20, note.

Isa 49:8 Thus saith the LORD, In an acceptable time have I heard thee, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee: and I will preserve thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;

In an acceptable time have I heard thee

2Co 6:2.

Isa 49:9 That thou mayest say to the prisoners, Go forth; to them that are in darkness, Shew yourselves. They shall feed in the ways, and their pastures shall be in all high places.

their pastures shall be in all high places

Cf. Mat 13:44.

Isa 49:10 They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.

shall not hunger nor thirst

Rev 7:16.

nor sun smite them

Psa 121:6.

shall lead them

Psa 23:2.

Isa 49:11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

make all my mountains a way

Isa 40:4.

Isa 49:12 Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

shall come from far

Isa 43:5, 6.

Sinim

The word is supposed to refer to a people of the far East, perhaps the Chinese.

Isa 49:15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

compassion on the son of her womb

Psa 103:13; Mal 3:17; Mat 7:11.

will I not forget thee

Rom 11:29.

Isa 49:16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

graven thee upon the palms of my hands

Exo 13:9; Sng 8:6.

Isa 49:23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers: they shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the LORD: for they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.

they shall not be ashamed

Psa 34:22; Rom 5:5; 9:33; 10:11.

Isa 49:26 And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

all flesh shall know

Psa 9:16.