“He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.”
The vindication and legacy—'Yet it was the will of Yahweh to crush him with pain. When you make his life an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring, and shall prolong his days; through him the will of Yahweh shall prosper. Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see light and be satisfied; by his knowledge the righteous one, my servant, shall make many righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities'—asserts that God intentionally crushes the servant whose suffering effects atonement. The promise that the servant will 'see his offspring' and 'prolong his days' suggests resurrection or vindication after death. The statement that through the servant 'the will of Yahweh shall prosper' emphasizes that suffering serves ultimate redemptive purposes. The final assertion that the servant 'shall make many righteous' establishes the redemptive efficacy of vicarious suffering. This verse concludes the servant's suffering passage with eschatological vindication.
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