Isaiah 52-54

Hope for Captive Zion

[7] How lovely on the mountains 

Are the feet of him who proclaims good news, 

Who announces peace 

And proclaims good news of good things, 

Who announces salvation, 

[And] says to Zion, "Your God reigns!" 

[Isa 52:7 LSB]

[15] And how will they preach unless they are sent? Just as it is written, "HOW BEAUTIFUL ARE THE FEET OF THOSE WHO PROCLAIM GOOD NEWS OF GOOD THINGS!"

[Rom 10:15 LSB]

[10] Yahweh has bared His holy arm In the sight of all the nations, That all the ends of the earth may see The salvation of our God. [Isa 52:10 LSB]

[12] But you will not go out in haste, Nor will you go as those who flee; For Yahweh will go before you, And the God of Israel [will be] your rear guard. [Isa 52:12 LSB]

The Exalted Servant

The Suffering Servant

Who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed?

For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, And like a root out of parched ground; He has no [stately] form or majesty That we should look upon Him, Nor appearance that we should desire Him.

He was despised and forsaken of men, A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; And like one from whom men hide their face He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

Surely our griefs He Himself bore, And our sorrows He carried; Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken, Smitten of God, and afflicted.

But He was pierced through for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; The chastening for our peace [fell] upon Him, And by His wounds we are healed.

All of us like sheep have gone astray, Each of us has turned to his own way; But Yahweh has caused the iniquity of us all To fall on Him.

He was oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He did not open His mouth; Like a lamb that is led to slaughter, And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers, So He did not open His mouth.

By oppression and judgment He was taken away; And as for His generation, who considered That He was cut off out of the land of the living, [That] for the transgression of my people, striking [was due] to Him?

So His grave was assigned with wicked men, Yet He was with a rich man in His death, Because He had done no violence, Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.

But Yahweh was pleased To crush Him, putting [Him] to grief; If You would place His soul [as] a guilt offering, He will see [His] seed, He will prolong [His] days, And the good pleasure of Yahweh will succeed in His hand.

As a result of the anguish of His soul, He will see [it and] be satisfied; By His knowledge the Righteous One, My Servant, will justify the many, As He will bear their iniquities.

Therefore, I will divide for Him a portion with the many, And He will divide the spoil with the strong; Because He poured out His soul to death, And was numbered with the transgressors; Yet He Himself bore the sin of many, And interceded for the transgressors.

[Isa 53:1-12 LSB]

The Inheritance of the Slaves of Yahweh

"For your husband is your Maker, Whose name is Yahweh of hosts; And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, Who is called the God of all the earth.

"For Yahweh has called you, Like a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, Even like a wife of [one's] youth when she is rejected," Says your God.

[Isa 54:5-6 LSB]