It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant, &c.] Or, Art thou lighter, then that thou shouldest, &c. It is too small a matter for thee to save the Jewish people alone: I have a greater work for thee to effect then that. John 11. 52. 1 John 2. 2. Or, do the Jewish people think so meanly of thee, as if thou wert not able to work their deliverance? 1 Samuel 10:27. Chap. 53. 2, 3. Mark 6:3. John 1 46. & 7. 27, 52.
to raise up the tribes of Jacob] To repair the ruines of Gods Church in that people. Vers. 8. Chap. 44. 26. & 58. 12. Or, to save Gods elect, whom he hath a speciall care of, among them. Deuteronomy 32:10. Matth. 24. 22 24. Romans 11:2; Romans 11:4-5. Jude 1:1.
the preserved] Or, reserved; or, desolations. Chap. 65. 4.
for a light to the Gentiles] To preach salvation to them. Chap. 42. 6. & 51. 4. Luke 2:32. Acts 13:47. & Acts 22:21. & 26. 17, 18.
my salvation unto the end of the earth] Psalms 98:3.