translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: ISA

label: NET study note

text: The speaker is not identified, but he is distinct from the Lord and from Zion’s suffering people. He possesses the divine spirit, is God’s spokesman, and is sent to release prisoners from bondage. The evidence suggests he is the Lord’s special servant, described earlier in the servant songs (see 42:1-4, 7; 49:2, 9; 50:4 ; see also 51:16 ).


text: The Lord speaks in vv. 7-8 (and possibly v. 9 ). It is not clear where the servant’s speech (see vv. 1-3 a) ends and the Lord’s begins. Perhaps the direct address to the people signals the beginning of the Lord’s speech.


text: The speaker in vv. 10-11 is not identified, but it is likely that the personified nation (or perhaps Zion) responds here to the Lord’s promise of restoration.