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Who is the Suffering Servant in Isaiah 53?

Explore a comprehensive Hebrew textual analysis of this pivotal prophecy.

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American King James Version

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Awake, awake; put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for from now on there shall no more come into you the uncircumcised and the unclean.

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Shake yourself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose yourself from the bands of your neck, O captive daughter of Zion.

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For thus said the LORD, You have sold yourselves for nothing; and you shall be redeemed without money.

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For thus said the Lord GOD, My people went down aforetime into Egypt to sojourn there; and the Assyrian oppressed them without cause.

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Now therefore, what have I here, said the LORD, that my people is taken away for nothing? they that rule over them make them to howl, said the LORD; and my name continually every day is blasphemed.

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Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that does speak: behold, it is I.

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How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of him that brings good tidings, that publishes peace; that brings good tidings of good, that publishes salvation; that said to Zion, Your God reigns!

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Your watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the LORD shall bring again Zion.

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Break forth into joy, sing together, you waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD has comforted his people, he has redeemed Jerusalem.

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The LORD has made bore his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

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Depart you, depart you, go you out from there, touch no unclean thing; go you out of the middle of her; be you clean, that bear the vessels of the LORD.

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For you shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

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Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.

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As many were astonished at you; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:

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So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.

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About Isaiah 52

"Awake, awake, O Zion, clothe yourself with strength! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, the holy city." "How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news, who proclaim peace, who bring good tidings." "Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing! Come out from it and be pure, you who carry the vessels of the LORD." "See, my servant will act wisely; he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted. His appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any man."

Historical context

Author
Unknown (exilic disciple of Isaiah)
Written
550–539 BC
Location
Exilic Judah / Babylon
Setting
Babylonian exile

Comfort to exiles; promise of servant-messiah and return.

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