But Who Is the Servant? Is the servant Israel?… Is the servant Isaiah?… Who can the servant be?… The list of characters in the book of Isaiah is very short: 1. Isaiah the narrator 2. Israel the nation 3. Israel the people 4. The enemies of Israel 5. The Gentiles who find favor with God 6. The Servant 7. God… If the Servant is neither Isaiah the prophet nor the people of Israel, then there is really no one else he could be other than the Servant of God identified throughout the book as someone whom God accords glory on a par with his own… Other “My Servant” Passages…
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