Isa 49:6 | JFB | STEP | 6. It is a light thing —"It is too little that Thou shouldest," [HENGSTENBERG ], that is, It is not enough honor to Thee to raise up Jacob and Israel, but I design for Thee more, namely, that Thou shouldest be the means of enlightening the Gentiles ( ). the preserved —namely, those remaining after the judgments of God on the nation—the elect remnant of Israel reserved for mercy. LOWTH , with a slight but needless change of the Hebrew, translates for "tribes" and "preserved," the "scions"

Isaiah 49:6

6. It is a light thing—"It is too little that Thou shouldest," [HENGSTENBERG], that is, It is not enough honor to Thee to raise up Jacob and Israel, but I design for Thee more, namely, that Thou shouldest be the means of enlightening the Gentiles (Isa 42:6, 7; 60:3).

the preserved—namely, those remaining after the judgments of God on the nation—the elect remnant of Israel reserved for mercy. LOWTH, with a slight but needless change of the Hebrew, translates for "tribes" and "preserved," the "scions"—the "branches."