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Isaiah 49 · Grade 5

My Salvation to the End of the Earth

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What many call the second Servant Song (49:1-6) is spoken by the Servant himself. Called before birth, he is a hidden weapon: a sharp sword and "a polished shaft" kept in God's quiver. Surprisingly God calls him "my servant, Israel" (verse 3), yet his mission is "to bring Jacob again to him" (verse 5). So the Servant is an ideal Israel who does what the nation could not, restoring Israel itself. In the New Testament, Christians see this fulfilled in Jesus, the true Israel.

The Servant's discouragement—"I have labored in vain. I have spent my strength in vain for nothing"—is answered by a widened mission: "It is too light a thing" only to restore Israel. "I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth." In the New Testament, Paul and Barnabas cited this verse in Acts 13:47 as their command to preach to the Gentiles, and Paul applies verse 8 ("I have answered you in an acceptable time") in 2 Corinthians 6:2.

The second half (verses 14-26) answers Zion's lament, "Yahweh has forsaken me." God's reply uses the strongest human image of love—a nursing mother—and then surpasses it: "Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!" Ancient people sometimes tattooed a name on the hand as a sign of devotion; God says, "I have engraved you on the palms of my hands." Zion, who felt bereaved, would be overwhelmed with returning children from north, west, and "the land of Sinim."

Show What You Know

  1. What is the Servant called, and to whom is he sent?

  2. Which New Testament verse cites 49:6 for preaching to the Gentiles?

  3. Where does Paul apply verse 8?

  4. What image does God use and then surpass?

Crossword

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Across

  1. I will also give you as a ____ to the nations.
  2. I will lift up my hand to the ____.

Down

  1. He who formed me from the womb to be his ____.
  2. I will make all my ____ a road.
  3. Can a woman ____ her nursing child.

Think About It

  1. God's love is stronger than a mother's love. How can this truth comfort someone who feels forgotten?

  2. The Servant's mission reached the end of the earth. What part might you play in sharing God's light with others?

Memory Verse

Indeed, he says, “It is too light a thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel. I will also give you as a light to the nations, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth.”

Isaiah 49:6 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for never forgetting me. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • Who could you cheer up this week?
  • Who is often overlooked that you could notice this week?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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