...for a covenant of the people — for a light of the gentiles." Again, in the 49th chap. 6th verse, " It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant,...Israel : I will also give thee for a light to the Geniiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the ends of the earth." When the gospel system was...

...xlix. 6. " It is a light thing that thou shouldst be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob — I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles,...mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth." Isa. liv. 1, 2, 3. " Sing, O barren thou that didst not bear, break forth into singing, and cry aloud...

..." they were not gathered." Behold now what follows, concerning the Gentiles being given to him : " ulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this " (ver. 6). From this passage it is that the aged Simeon gat his knowledge of the destination of Christ,...

...promise of Jehovah's to him, in whom he declared, he would be glorified, contained in Isaiah xlix. 6, " It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant...mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth." Such prayer is according to the mind of God, who willeth that the Gospel be preached unto every creature...

...redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Deuteronomy 7:6-8 And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest...mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. Isaiah 49:6 New Testament: Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say...

...period or comma, Hu follows this quotation immediately with another citation from the Book of Isaiah: "And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest...that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth."77 The important place of Christianity in Hu Shi's historical imagination of Chinese antiquity...

...seemingly another personification of the Servant appears. This one is exterior to Israel, for Yahweh says, "It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant...tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved of Israel" (Is. 49:63). Faced with such an unpromising text - one of the two identifications of the Suffering...

...be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my strength. And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest...Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel; I will give thee also for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth"...

...to the Gentile nations. " It is too light a thing that ihou shouldst be My Servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved of Israel:...mayest be My salvation unto the end of the earth." This second brief paragraph begins also with a call of attention. " Hearken " (haq'shibhu)—the word...

...delighteth. I have put My Spirit upon Him ; He shall bring forth judgment unto the Gentiles. . . . It is a light thing that thou shouldest be My servant...preserved of Israel : I will also give thee for a light of the Gentiles, that thou mayest be My salvation unto the end of the earth" * But it is perhaps particularly...