Isaiah 49:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

The redeemer

Isaiah 48:7

Revelation 3:7

To him whom man despiseth

To a

Matthew 20:28

Luke 22:27

Kings

Revelation 11:15

And he

Isaiah 42:1

Luke 23:35

1 Peter 2:4

General references

John 15:18

Bible References

The redeemer

They are created now, not long ago; before today you have never heard of them, lest you should say, 'Behold, I knew them.'

"And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: 'The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.

To him whom man despiseth

He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.

For it is for your sake that I have borne reproach, that dishonor has covered my face.

In one month I destroyed the three shepherds. But I became impatient with them, and they also detested me.

Then they spit in his face and struck him. And some slapped him,

Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left.

But they all cried out together, "Away with this man, and release to us Barabbas"--

They cried out again, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.

When the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, "Crucify him, crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves and crucify him, for I find no guilt in him."

To a

even as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

For who is the greater, one who reclines at table or one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines at table? But I am among you as the one who serves.

Kings

Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD; those who wait for me shall not be put to shame."

so shall he sprinkle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths because of him; for that which has not been told them they see, and that which they have not heard they understand.

And nations shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising.

Now therefore, O kings, be wise; be warned, O rulers of the earth.

Nobles shall come from Egypt; Cush shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God.

May the kings of Tarshish and of the coastlands render him tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba bring gifts!

Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he shall reign forever and ever."

And he

Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.

And the people stood by, watching, but the rulers scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, his Chosen One!"

As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious,

General references

May the kings of Tarshish and of the coastlands render him tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba bring gifts!

They shall build up the ancient ruins; they shall raise up the former devastations; they shall repair the ruined cities, the devastations of many generations.

And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head.

But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We do not want this man to reign over us.'

"If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you.