isaiah 53 and 54

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Hebrew paragraph divisions

Isa 53:1-12 {p} The Servant crushed, His soul a sin offering/ the Servant exalted very high
Isa 54:1-8 {s} YHVH has gathered His forsaken wife to Him in mercy + her children shall be very great
Isa 54:9-10 {s} YHVH’s anger is not against Israel forevermore, for His kindness + covenant of peace will not be removed
Isa 54:11-17 {s} YHVH establishes Israel in righteousness/ no weapon + judgment against her shall prosper

Strong theme

Isa 52:1-53:12 {sx6+p} The good news of Zion’s redemption: YHVH’s Servant shall bear Zion’s transgression

Isa 52:13-53:12 chiastic structure

1a) Isa 52:13 My Servant shall prosper; be exalted, extolled, and very high;

1b) Isa 52:14-53:2, We were astonished at Him, for His visage + form was marred beyond men;

1a) Isa 52:14, Many were astonished at Him – His visage and form marred beyond men,
1b) Isa 52:15a, He shall fill many nations with joy, kings shall shut their mouths at Him;
1c) Isa 52:15b, What had not been told them they shall see;
1d) Isa 52:15c, What they had not heard;
central axis) Isa 52:15d {s} They shall consider;
2d) Isa 53:1a, Who has believed our report?
2c) Isa 53:1b, To whom has the arm of YHVH been revealed?
2b) Isa 53:2a, He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant and a root out of dry ground;
2a) Isa 53:2b, He has no form or beauty that we should look upon Him + delight in Him;

central axis) Isa 53:3-4, We despised + rejected Him, yet He bore our griefs + sorrows;

1a) Isa 53:3a, He is despised and rejected by men;
1b) Isa 53:3b, He is a Man of sorrow;
1c) Isa 53:3c, He is acquainted with grief;
central axis) Isa 53:3d, We hid our faces from Him; He was despised and we did not esteem Him;
2c) Isa 53:4a, He has borne our griefs;
2b) Isa 53:4b, He has carried our sorrows;
2a) Isa 53:4c, We esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted;

2b) Isa 53:5-10a, He was crushed for our iniquities + He made His soul an offering for our sin;

1a) Isa 53:5, He was crushed for our iniquities/ chastisement + stripes for our peace + healing was upon Him;
1b) Isa 53:6, Our sinfulness: We have every one gone astray to his own way/ YHVH laid on Him our iniquity;
1c) Isa 53:7-8a, By oppression + judgment He was taken away as a lamb led to the slaughter;

1a) Isa 53:7a, He was oppressed;
1b) Isa 53:7b, Though He humbled Himself and opened not His mouth;
central axis) Isa 53:7c, As a lamb led to the slaughter, as a sheep before its shearers is silent;
2b) Isa 53:7d, So He opened not His mouth;
2a) Isa 53:8a, By oppression + judgment He was taken away + with His generation who did reason?

central axis) Isa 53:8b, He was cut off out of the land of the living for the transgression of My people to whom the stroke was due;
2c) Isa 53:9a, They made His grave with the wicked, and with the rich His tomb;
2b) Isa 53:9b, His innocence: Although He had done no violence, neither was any deceit in His mouth;
2a) Isa 53:10a, It pleased the LORD to crush Him + put Him to grief, to make His soul an offering for sin;

2a) Isa 53:10b-12 {p} YHVH’s pleasure shall prosper in His hand + He shall divide spoil with the great + mighty.