The conclusion 'Therefore I will allot him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out himself to death, and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors' announces the servant's vindication and exaltation after death, granted reward commensurate with his sacrifice. The language of 'portion with the great' and 'dividing spoils' invokes military or royal triumph imagery, reapplied to the servant's exaltation. The final clauses ('bore the sin of many, made intercession for the transgressors') synthesize the servant's redemptive role as one who intercedes for sinners by assuming their guilt. This verse concludes the Servant Song with vindication following vicarious sacrifice, establishing a pattern interpreted throughout the Christian tradition as prophetic of Christ.

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