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# have called you
Here "you" is singular and refers to Yahweh's servant. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-you]])
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# I will ... set you as a covenant for the people
Here the word "covenant" is a metonym for the one who establishes or mediates a covenant. Alternate translation: "I will ... make you be the mediator of a covenant with the people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# a light for the Gentiles
Yahweh speaks of making his servant the one who delivers the nations from bondage as if he were making him a light that shines in dark places for the Gentiles. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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