It is difficult to know if this stacking of terms is to be understood as synonymous or sequential. Those who view them as sequential suggest that they describe something like the announcement, the continuation, and the result or climax of the exaltation. Motyer (1993:424) says, “The threefold exaltation (raised … lifted up … highly exalted) expresses a dignity beyond what any other merits or receives and is surely intended as a clue leading to the identity of the servant. It is impossible not to
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