Isaiah 49:3 - Exposition

Thou art my Servant, O Israel . That the literal "Israel," is not intended appears plainly from Isaiah 49:5 . The Servant himself is addressed as "Israel," because he "would stand as a new federal head to the nation" (Kay), which would be summed up in him, and also because he would be, in a truer sense than any other, an "Israel," or "Prince with God." In whom I will be glorified (comp. John 13:31 , "Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him ") . He who is "the Brightness of the Father's glory" sets forth that glory before men, and causes them to glorify him, both with their tongues and in their lives.