Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Isaiah 52:13
"Behold, My Servant" marks a new section in the development of Isaiah’s argument, but it also directs the reader to fix his or her attention carefully on the Servant (cf. Isaiah 42:1; Zechariah 3:8; Zechariah 6:12; Zechariah 9:9). The Servant would succeed in the sense of fulfilling the purpose to which God had called Him (cf. Isaiah 42:1; Isaiah 49:2-3; Isaiah 50:7-9). Watts identified this servant as the Persian king Darius I (Hystaspes, 521-486 B.C.) in the whole passage (Isaiah 52:13 to... read more
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 52:14
14, 15. Summary of Messiah's history, which is set forth more in detail in the fifty-third chapter. "Just as many were astonished (accompanied with aversion, Jeremiah 18:16; Jeremiah 19:8), c. his visage, c. so shall He sprinkle," c. Israel in this answers to its antitype Messiah, now "an astonishment and byword" (Jeremiah 19:8- :), hereafter about to be a blessing and means of salvation to many nations (Isaiah 2:2; Isaiah 2:3; Micah 5:7). thee; his—Such changes of persons are common in Hebrew... read more