Isaiah 49:6

New English Translation

he says, “Is it too insignificant a task for you to be my servant, to reestablish the tribes of Jacob, and restore the remnant of Israel? I will make you a light to the nations, so you can bring my deliverance to the remote regions of the earth.”

Cross References

Genesis 49:10

The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; the nations will obey him.

2 Kings 20:10

Hezekiah answered, “It is easy for the shadow to lengthen ten steps, but not for it to go back ten steps.”

2 Kings 3:18

This is an easy task for the Lord; he will also hand Moab over to you.

Psalm 37:28

For the Lord promotes justice, and never abandons his faithful followers. They are permanently secure, but the children of evil men are wiped out.

Psalm 67:3

Let the nations thank you, O God! Let all the nations thank you!

Psalm 97:10

You who love the Lord, hate evil! He protects the lives of his faithful followers; he delivers them from the power of the wicked.

Isaiah 11:10

At that time a root from Jesse will stand like a signal flag for the nations. Nations will look to him for guidance, and his residence will be majestic.

Isaiah 42:10

Sing to the Lord a brand new song! Praise him from the horizon of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and everything that lives in it, you coastlands and those who live there!

Isaiah 42:6

“I, the Lord, officially commission you; I take hold of your hand. I protect you and make you a covenant mediator for people, and a light to the nations,

Isaiah 45:22

Turn to me so you can be delivered, all you who live in the earth’s remote regions! For I am God, and I have no peer.

Isaiah 46:13

I am bringing my deliverance near, it is not far away; I am bringing my salvation near, it does not wait. I will save Zion; I will adorn Israel with my splendor.”

Isaiah 48:20

Leave Babylon! Flee from the Babylonians! Announce it with a shout of joy! Make this known! Proclaim it throughout the earth! Say, ‘The Lord protects his servant Jacob.

Isaiah 51:4

Pay attention to me, my people! Listen to me, my people! For I will issue a decree, I will make my justice a light to the nations.

Isaiah 52:10

The Lord reveals his royal power in the sight of all the nations; the entire earth sees our God deliver.

Isaiah 55:5

Look, you will summon nations you did not previously know; nations that did not previously know you will run to you, because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, for he bestows honor on you.

Isaiah 56:8

The sovereign Lord says this, the one who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will still gather them up.”

Isaiah 60:3

Nations come to your light, kings to your bright light.

Isaiah 62:11

Look, the Lord announces to the entire earth: “Say to Daughter Zion, ‘Look, your deliverer comes! Look, his reward is with him and his reward goes before him!’”

Jeremiah 12:16

But they must make sure you learn to follow the religious practices of my people. Once they taught my people to swear their oaths using the name of the god Baal. But then, they must swear oaths using my name, saying, “As surely as the Lord lives, I swear.” If they do these things, then they will be included among the people I call my own.

Micah 5:3

So the Lord will hand the people of Israel over to their enemies until the time when the woman in labor gives birth. Then the rest of the king’s countrymen will return to be reunited with the people of Israel.

Zechariah 6:13

Indeed, he will build the temple of the Lord, and he will be clothed in splendor, sitting as king on his throne. Moreover, there will be a priest with him on his throne and they will see eye to eye on everything.

Zechariah 8:22

Many peoples and powerful nations will come to Jerusalem to seek the Lord who rules over all and to ask his favor.

Luke 2:32

a light, for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.”

Acts 13:47

For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have appointed you to be a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”

Acts 26:18

to open their eyes so that they turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’

Acts 26:23

that the Christ was to suffer and be the first to rise from the dead, to proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.”