““I, the LORD, have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and appoint you to be a covenant for the people and a light to the nations,”
Isaiah 42:6
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Connection with Kedar and the nations
This Servant song promises "a light to the nations," and a few verses on it says, "let the villages of Kedar cry aloud" (Isaiah 42:11). Kedar was a son of Ishmael, and "villages" is chatser, the same word Genesis 25:16 uses for the settlements of his family.
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Cross-References
A light for the Gentiles — Simeon's prophecy
“a light for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to Your people Israel.””
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