introduces the first Servant Song as follows: “Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen one in whom I delight; I will put my Spirit on him and he will bring justice to the nations.” As shown above, Isaiah 41:8–9 and 43:10 use “my servant” to refer to the collective nation of Israel. So why would we identify “my servant” in Isaiah 42:1 differently, especially given the possibility of poetic license. A nation can be abused as much as an individual; a collective people can have the Spirit of God
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