3rd Servant Song Analysis

Isiah 50:4-11, The Third Servant Song The third Servant Song found in Isaiah draws a comparrison between the sin of Israel with the obidient service of the Servant. Within this writing we also see that the Faithful Servant will be persecuted but has the confidence of his victory. “The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear bto hear as those who are taught. The Lord God has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious; I turned not backward. I gave my back to those who strike, and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard; I hid not my face from disgrace and spitting. But the Lord God helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame.”
This Servant Song seems to contain within it three main ideas. The first of these ideas can be found in verses 4 and 5 and talks of the instruction of the Servant and how He is taught by the Soverign Lord. The second theme is that of the
It is also one of the most detailed passages in the Old Testament concerning the death and resurrection of the Messiah and is often refered to by many as the entirity of the Bible summated in one chapter . Certainy, one can not possibly read the contents of this and not see the prophesy and fulfillment of Jesus Christ and His vacarious attonement within the writings of the prophet. Within this brief yet powerful chapter, composed of a mere twelve verses, clear and concise law and gospel may be found, and is a book that we as confessional Lutherans will often utilize during the seanons of Advent and Ephinany. In his wrintings and commentary, Martin Luther tells us of the importance of this Old Testament writing and how it is be memorized and taught in order to “confirm or defend our