Isaiah 49:2

Isaiah 49:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
• New International Version (NIV)He made my mouth like a sharpened sword, in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me into a polished arrow and concealed me in his quiver.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he made me a polished arrow; in his quiver he hid me away.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And He has made My mouth like a sharp sword; In the shadow of His hand He has hidden Me, And made Me a polished shaft; In His quiver He has hidden Me.”

Context of Isaiah 49:2

1Listen to me, you islands. Pay attention, you people far away. Before I was born, the Lord chose me. While I was in my mother’s womb, he recorded my name. He made my tongue like a sharp sword and hid me in the palm of his hand. He made me like a sharpened arrow and hid me in his quiver. 3He said to me, “You are my servant Israel. I will display my glory through you.” 4But I said, “I have worked hard for nothing. I have used my strength, but I didn’t accomplish anything. Yet, certainly my case is in the Lord’s hands, and my reward is with my God.”

Isaiah 49:2 word by word

וַיָּ֤שֶׂם פִּי֙ כְּחֶ֣רֶב חַדָּ֔ה בְּצֵ֥ל יָד֖וֹ הֶחְבִּיאָ֑נִי וַיְשִׂימֵ֙נִי֙ לְחֵ֣ץ בָּר֔וּר בְּאַשְׁפָּת֖וֹ הִסְתִּירָֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he hath madeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: makeH7760
• my mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
• like a sharpחַדchad · sharpH2299
• swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• in the shadowצֵלtsêl · shadowH6738
• of his handיָדyâd · handH3027
• hath he hidחָבָאchâbâ' · to hideH2244
• me a polishedבָּרַרbârar · to purifyH1305
• shaftחֵץchêts · arrowH2671
• in his quiverאַשְׁפָּה'ashpâh · quiverH827
• hath he hidסָתַרsâthar · to hideH5641

Cross-references for Isaiah 49:2

• Isaiah 11:4He will judge the poor justly. He will make fair decisions for the humble people on earth. He will strike the earth with a rod from his mouth. He will kill the wicked with the breath from his lips.
• Psalms 45:2You are the most handsome of Adam’s descendants. Grace is poured on your lips. That is why God has blessed you forever.
• Hosea 6:5That is why I cut ⌞you⌟ down by sending the prophets. I killed you with the words from my mouth. My judgments shined on you like light.
• Hebrews 4:12God’s word is living and active. It is sharper than any two-edged sword and cuts as deep as the place where soul and spirit meet, the place where joints and marrow meet. God’s word judges a person’s thoughts and intentions.
• Revelation 1:16In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp, two-edged sword. His face was like the sun when it shines in all its brightness.
• Revelation 2:12“To the messenger of the church in Pergamum, write: The one who holds the sharp two-edged sword says:
• Revelation 19:15A sharp sword comes out of his mouth to defeat the nations. He will rule them with an iron scepter and tread the winepress of the fierce anger of God Almighty.
• Isaiah 42:1Here is my servant, whom I support. Here is my chosen one, with whom I am pleased. I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.
• Isaiah 51:16I put my words in your mouth and sheltered you in the palm of my hand. I stretched out the heavens, laid the foundations of the earth, and said to Zion, “You are my people.”
• Psalms 91:1Whoever lives under the shelter of the Most High will remain in the shadow of the Almighty.
• Luke 23:46Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Father, into your hands I entrust my spirit.” After he said this, he died.
• Isaiah 50:4The Almighty Lord will teach me what to say, so I will know how to encourage weary people. Morning after morning he will wake me to listen like a student.
• Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Almighty Lord is with me because the Lord has anointed me to deliver good news to humble people. He has sent me to heal those who are brokenhearted, to announce that captives will be set free and prisoners will be released.
• Psalms 45:5Your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king’s enemies. Nations fall beneath you.
• Jeremiah 1:18Today I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and a bronze wall. You will be able to stand up to the whole land. You will be able to stand up to Judah’s kings, its officials, its priests, and ⌞all⌟ the common people.
• Jeremiah 15:19This is what the Lord says: If you will return, I will take you back. If you will speak what is worthwhile and not what is worthless, you will stand in my presence. The people will return to you, but you will not return to them.

Commentaries on Isaiah 49:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword "And he hath made my mouth a sharp sword" - The servant of God, who speaks in the former part of this chapter, must be the Messiah. If any part of this character can in any sense belong to the prophet, yet in some parts it must belong exclusively to Christ; and in all parts to him in a much fuller and more proper sense. Isaiah's mission was to the Jews, not to the distant nations, to whom the speaker in this…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2And he hath made my mouth - The idea here is, that he had qualified him for a convincing and powerful eloquence - for the utterance of words which would penetrate the heart like a sharp sword. The mouth here, by an obvious figure, stands for discourse. The comparison of words that are pungent, penetrating, powerful, to a sword, is common. Indeed the very terms that I have incidentally used, pungent,‘ penetrating,‘ are instances of the same kind of figure…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2My mouth: The servant's mission would be prophetic (see Isaiah 11:4; Ephesians 6:17; Hebrews 4:12; Revelation 1:16; 2:12, 16; 19:15).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. my mouth ... sword--(Is 11:4; Re 19:15). The double office of the Word of God, saving and damnatory, is implied (Is 50:4; Joh 12:48; He 4:12). shaft--(Psa 45:5). "Polished," that is, free from all rust, implies His unsullied purity. in ... quiver ... hid me--Like a sword in its scabbard, or a shaft in the quiver, Messiah, before His appearing, was hid with God, ready to be drawn forth at the moment God saw fit [Hengstenberg]; also always protected by…Read the comment

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• Bow
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• Mouth
• Quiver
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• Atonement
• Choose; Chosen
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Commentaries on Isaiah 49

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings