“I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.”
The servant's suffering—'I gave my back to those who struck me, and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard; I did not hide my face from insult and spitting'—describes physical abuse and humiliation. The willingness to submit to striking, beard-pulling, insult, and spitting depicts profound vulnerability. The refusal to hide face suggests that suffering is borne openly. This verse introduces the explicit suffering theme of the servant.
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