Isaiah 49:7

“Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, &c.] These are all the titles of the Father of Christ, who is the Jehovah, the self-existent Being, and from whom all have their Being; “the redeemer of Israel”, being concerned with his Son in the redemption, of his people, in the contriving and settling the method of it, and bringing it about; “and his Holy One”, or the Holy One of Israel, the sanctifier of them, together with the blessed Spirit; who speaks the following words, not to the Prophet Isaiah, as Aben Ezra, nor to the people of the Jews, as the Targum, Jarchi, and Kimchi, but to Christ: to him whom man despiseth; whom the Jews despised, because of the meanness of his…”

“whom man despiseth--Hebrew, "the despised of soul," that is, by every soul, by all men (Isa 52:14-15; Isa 53:3; Isa 50:6-9; Psa 22:6). LOWTH translates, "whose person is despised." abhorreth--literally, "who is an abomination to the nation" (Luk 23:18-23). The Jews contemptuously call Him always Tolvi, "the crucified." I prefer, on account of Goi, the Hebrew term for nation being usually applied to the Gentiles, and that for people to the Jews (Hos 1:9; so the Greek terms respectively also Laos and Ethne, Rom 9:25), to take "nation" here collectively for the Gentile world, which also spurned Him (Psa 2:1-3; Act 4:25-27). servant of rulers-- (Mat 17:27). He who would not exert His power…”

“Thus saith the Lord - This verse contains a promise of the future honor that should await the Redeemer, and of the success which should crown his work. The sense is, that Yahweh had promised to him who was despised and rejected, that kings and princes should yet rise up and honor him. The Redeemer of Israel - (See the note at Isaiah 43:1). To him whom man despiseth - On the construction of the Hebrew here, see Gesenius, Vitringa, and Hengstenberg. The phrase לבזה־נפשׁ libezoh-nephesh (to the despised of soul), means evidently one who is despised, rejected, contemned by people. The word ‘soul’ here (נפשׁ nephesh) means the same as man; that is, every man. It was a characteristic of him that…”

“His Holy One - The Holy One of Israel. To him - To Christ, to whom, in the days of his flesh, this description fully agrees: for men, both Jews and Gentiles among whom he lived, did despise him from their hearts; and the nation, of which he was a member, abhorred both his person and his doctrine; and he was so far from being a temporal monarch, that he came in the form of a servant, and was a servant of rulers, professing subjection and paying tribute unto Caesar. Kings - Though for a time thou shalt be despised, yet after a while thou shalt be advanced to such glory, that kings shall look upon thee with reverence. Arise - From their seats to worship thee. Faithful - Because God shall make…”

“49:7 The promised servant would be despised and rejected by the nations (see 52:14–53:5) as well as by his own people (see also 50:6-7; 53:8-9). • Kings and princes will also bow low to express respect and humility before the servant (see also 52:15), whom God will exalt after he has suffered. God is faithful to his servant.”

“the Redeemer: Isa 48:7; Rev 3:7 to him whom man despiseth: or, to him that is despised in soul, Isa 53:3; Psa 22:6-8, Psa 69:7-9, Psa 69:19; Zac 11:8; Mat 26:67, Mat 27:38-44; Luk 23:18, Luk 23:23; Joh 18:40, Joh 19:6, Joh 19:15 to a: Mat 20:28; Luk 22:27 Kings: Isa 49:23, Isa 52:15, Isa 60:3, Isa 60:10, Isa 60:16; Psa 2:10-12, Psa 68:31, Psa 72:10, Psa 72:11; Rev 11:15 and he: Isa 42:1; Luk 23:35; Pe1 2:4 Isaiah 49:8”

“The words of the servant of God, in which he enforces his claim upon the nations, are now lost in words of Jehovah to him, which are no longer reported by him, but are appended as an independent address. His present condition is one of the deepest humiliation. "Thus saith Jehovah, the Redeemer of Israel, His Holy One, to him of contemptible soul, to the abhorrence of the people, to the servant of tyrants: kings shall see and arise; princes, and prostrate themselves for the sake of Jehovah, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, that He hath chosen thee." As bâzōh with a changeable kamtez (cf., châmōts, Isa 1:17) has, if not exactly a passive force, yet something very like a passive…”