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In this chapter, the prophet uses terminology that appears only two other times in the Bible, specifically several chapters later in the same book, and which has become a touchstone for Judaism\u2019s role in the world:<\/span><\/p>\n

42:6 – \u201cI the LORD, in My grace, have summoned you, And I have grasped you by the hand. I created you, and appointed you A covenant people, <\/span>a light of nations<\/b>.<\/span>\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

49:6 – \u201cFor He has said: \u2018It is too little that you should be My servant In that I raise up the tribes of Jacob And restore the survivors of Israel: I will also make you <\/span>a light of nations<\/b>, That My salvation may reach the ends of the earth.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

60:3 – \u201cAnd <\/span>nations shall walk by your light<\/b>, Kings, by your shining radiance.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

While the theme of \u201clighting up the darkness,\u201d where the prophet metaphorically states that Jews are charged by God to achieve for others, is developed in 49:9, the image is far more fleshed out in chapters 42 (7, 16, 18-20) and 60 (1-2, 19-20.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Until 42:8, it seems that the prophet is specifically requiring Israel to shine its \u201clight\u201d upon others in the world, who, because they have not \u201cseen\u201d the truth, are depicted as residing in figurative \u201cdarkness,\u201d bereft of clarity when it comes to moral and ethical issues.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, verses 19-20 suddenly appear to describe God\u2019s very own servants as <\/span>also <\/span><\/i>being \u201cblind\u201d and \u201cunseeing.\u201d If God\u2019s servants, typically Israel, cannot themselves \u201csee\u201d, how can they possibly show others how to \u201csee\u201d by shedding their \u201clight\u201d upon them?<\/span><\/p>\n

Perhaps this is where 60:19-20 supplies an insight that clarifies the conundrum of these verses.<\/span><\/p>\n

60:19-20 – \u201cNo longer shall you need the sun For light by day, Nor the shining of the moon For radiance [by night]; <\/span>For the LORD shall be your light everlasting<\/b>, Your God shall be your glory. Your sun shall set no more, Your moon no more withdraw; For <\/span>the LORD shall be a light to you forever<\/b>, And your days of mourning shall be ended.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

God\u2019s servants are best positioned to realize how bereft they are of the ability to independently \u201csee\u201d clearly, and thus find that they are also figuratively \u201cblind.\u201d So, rather than relying exclusively upon themselves, as human beings are wont to do, since they are able to unreservedly embrace God\u2019s light as their own, they can then go on to share such a perspective with others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":67372,"id":67372,"title":"is42-share","filename":"is42-share.png","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/is42-share.png","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/sharing-the-light\/is42-share\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"is42-share","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":67371,"date":"2019-12-21 17:52:38","modified":"2019-12-21 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