Messianic Texts in the Prophets: Isaiah 52:13-15 (8th c. BC) My Servant עַבְדִּ֑י High and Lifted Up and Greatly Exalted יָר֧וּם וְנִשָּׂ֛א וְגָבַ֖הּ מְאֹֽד His Appearance was Marred More Than Any Man מִשְׁחַ֥ת מֵאִ֖ישׁ מַרְאֵ֑הוּ

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Messianic Texts in the Prophets: Isaiah 52:13-15 (8^th c. BC)

My Servant עַבְדִּ֑י (⁽avdịy) 

High and Lifted Up and Greatly Exalted

יָר֧וּם וְנִשָּׂ֛א וְגָבַ֖הּ מְאֹֽד (yarūm wǝnisa⁾ wǝgāvah mǝ⁾ōd)

His Appearance was Marred More Than Any Man

מִשְׁחַ֥ת מֵאִ֖ישׁ מַרְאֵ֑הוּ (mishchat mē⁾ish mar⁾ēhū)

“Behold, My  servant will prosper, 

He will be high and lifted up and greatly  exalted. Just as many were astonished at you, My people, so His appearance was marred more than any man and His form more than the sons of men. Thus He will  sprinkle many nations, kings will  shut their mouths on account of Him; for  what had not been told them they will see, and what they had not heard they will understand” 

(Isa. 52:13-15).

‏הִנֵּ֥ה יַשְׂכִּ֖יל עַבְדִּ֑י יָר֧וּם וְנִשָּׂ֛א וְגָבַ֖הּ מְאֹֽד׃ ‎‏ כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר שָׁמְמ֤וּ עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ רַבִּ֔ים כֵּן־מִשְׁחַ֥ת מֵאִ֖ישׁ מַרְאֵ֑הוּ וְתֹאֲר֖וֹ מִבְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם׃ ‎‏ כֵּ֤ן יַזֶּה֙ גּוֹיִ֣ם רַבִּ֔ים עָלָ֛יו יִקְפְּצ֥וּ מְלָכִ֖ים פִּיהֶ֑ם כִּ֠י אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹֽא־סֻפַּ֤ר לָהֶם֙ רָא֔וּ וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־שָׁמְע֖וּ הִתְבּוֹנָֽנוּ׃

“Behold, My Servant, whom I uphold; My chosen one in whom My soul delights. I have put My Spirit upon Him; He will bring forth justice to the nations” (Isa. 42:1).

“Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of parched ground; He has no stately form or majesty that we should look upon Him, nor appearance that we should be attracted to Him. He was despised and forsaken of men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him” (Isa. 53:1-3).

“As a result of the anguish of His soul, He will see it and be satisfied; by His knowledge the Righteous One, My Servant, will justify the many, as He will bear their iniquities” (Isa. 53:11).

“For thus says the high and exalted One who lives forever, whose name is Holy, ‘I dwell on a high and holy place, and also with the contrite and lowly of spirit in order to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite’” (Isa. 57:15).

“For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus EVERY KNEE WILL BOW, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Phil. 2:9-11).

“But as it is written, 

‘THEY WHO HAD NO NEWS OF HIM SHALL SEE, 

AND THEY WHO HAVE NOT HEARD SHALL UNDERSTAND’” (Rom. 15:21).

“By referring to this, when you read you can understand my insight into the mystery of Christ, which in other generations was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed to His holy apostles and prophets in the Spirit” (Eph. 3:4-5).

(Is. 42:1 (BHS ‏ הֵ֤ן עַבְדִּי֙ אֶתְמָךְ־בּ֔וֹ בְּחִירִ֖י רָצְתָ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֑י נָתַ֤תִּי רוּחִי֙ עָלָ֔יו מִשְׁפָּ֖ט לַגּוֹיִ֥ם יוֹצִֽיא׃

‎Is. 53:1‏ מִ֥י הֶאֱמִ֖ין לִשְׁמֻעָתֵ֑נוּ וּזְר֥וֹעַ יְהוָ֖ה עַל־מִ֥י נִגְלָֽתָה׃ ‎2‏ וַיַּ֨עַל כַּיּוֹנֵ֜ק לְפָנָ֗יו וְכַשֹּׁ֨רֶשׁ֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ צִיָּ֔ה לֹא־תֹ֥אַר ל֖וֹ וְלֹ֣א הָדָ֑ר וְנִרְאֵ֥הוּ וְלֹֽא־מַרְאֶ֖ה וְנֶחְמְדֵֽהוּ׃ ‎3‏ נִבְזֶה֙ וַחֲדַ֣ל אִישִׁ֔ים אִ֥ישׁ מַכְאֹב֖וֹת וִיד֣וּעַ חֹ֑לִי וּכְמַסְתֵּ֤ר פָּנִים֙ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ נִבְזֶ֖ה וְלֹ֥א חֲשַׁבְנֻֽהוּ׃

‎Is. 53:11‏ מֵעֲמַ֤ל נַפְשׁוֹ֙ יִרְאֶ֣ה יִשְׂבָּ֔ע בְּדַעְתּ֗וֹ יַצְדִּ֥יק צַדִּ֛יק עַבְדִּ֖י לָֽרַבִּ֑ים וַעֲוֹנֹתָ֖ם ה֥וּא יִסְבֹּֽל׃

‎Is. 57:15‏ כִּי֩ כֹ֨ה אָמַ֜ר רָ֣ם וְנִשָּׂ֗א שֹׁכֵ֥ן עַד֙ וְקָד֣וֹשׁ שְׁמ֔וֹ מָר֥וֹם וְקָד֖וֹשׁ אֶשְׁכּ֑וֹן וְאֶת־דַּכָּא֙ וּשְׁפַל־ר֔וּחַ לְהַחֲיוֹת֙ ר֣וּחַ שְׁפָלִ֔ים וּֽלְהַחֲי֖וֹת לֵ֥ב נִדְכָּאִֽים׃

(Phil. 2:9 (MHNT עַל כֵּן הִגְבִּיהוֹ אֱלֹהִים מְאֹד וְנָתַן לוֹ אֶת הַשֵּׁם הַנַּעֲלֶה עַל כָּל שֵׁם,  ‎10‏ לְמַעַן תִּכְרַע בְּשֵׁם יֵשׁוּעַ כָּל בֶּרֶךְ, בַּשָּׁמַיִם וּבָאָרֶץ וּמִתַּחַת לָאָרֶץ,  ‎11‏ וְכָל לָשׁוֹן תּוֹדֶה כִּי יֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ הוּא הָאָדוֹן, לְתִפְאֶרֶת אֱלֹהִים הָאָב. 

‎Rom. 15:21‏ אֶלָּא כַּכָּתוּב: ”אֲשֶׁר לֹא־סֻפַּר לָהֶם רָאוּ, 

וַאֲשֶׁר לֹא־שָׁמְעוּ הִתְבּוֹנָנוּ.“ 

‎Eph. 3:4‏ כְּשֶׁתִּקְרְאוּ תּוּכְלוּ לִרְאוֹת אֶת הֲבָנָתִי בְּסוֹד הַמָּשִׁיחַ,  ‎5‏ הַסּוֹד אֲשֶׁר בַּדּוֹרוֹת הַקּוֹדְמִים לֹא נוֹדַע לִבְנֵי אָדָם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁנִּגְלָה כָּעֵת לִשְׁלִיחָיו וְלִנְבִיאָיו הַקְּדוֹשִׁים, בְּדֶרֶךְ הָרוּחַ -