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he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/isaiah/52.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />See, my servant will prosper; he will be highly exalted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/isaiah/52.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall be exalted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/52.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Behold, My Servant will prosper; He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/isaiah/52.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/isaiah/52.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Behold, My Servant shall deal prudently; He shall be exalted and extolled and be very high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/isaiah/52.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Behold, My Servant will prosper, He will be high and lifted up and greatly exalted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/isaiah/52.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Behold, My servant will prosper, He will be high and lifted up and greatly exalted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/isaiah/52.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Behold, My servant will prosper, He will be high and lifted up, and greatly exalted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/isaiah/52.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Behold, My Servant will prosper; He will be high and lifted up and greatly exalted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/isaiah/52.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Indeed, My Servant (the Messiah) will act wisely <i>and</i> prosper; He will be raised and lifted up and greatly exalted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/isaiah/52.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />See, my servant will be successful; he will be raised and lifted up and greatly exalted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/isaiah/52.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />See, My Servant will act wisely; He will be raised and lifted up and greatly exalted. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/isaiah/52.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, my servant shall deal wisely, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/isaiah/52.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD says: My servant will succeed! He will be given great praise and the highest honors. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/isaiah/52.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Behold, my servant shall deal wisely, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/isaiah/52.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />My servant will be successful. He will be respected, praised, and highly honored.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/isaiah/52.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD says, "My servant will succeed in his task; he will be highly honored. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/isaiah/52.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Look! My servant will prosper, and he will be exalted and lifted up, and will be very high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/isaiah/52.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Behold, My Servant will prosper; He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/isaiah/52.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"Look, my servant will succeed! He will be elevated, lifted high, and greatly exalted--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/isaiah/52.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Look, my servant shall deal wisely, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/isaiah/52.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/isaiah/52.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Behold, my servant will deal wisely. He will be exalted and lifted up, and will be very high. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/isaiah/52.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />“Behold, My Servant acts wisely, "" He is high, and has been lifted up, "" And has been very high.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/isaiah/52.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Lo, My servant doth act wisely, He is high, and hath been lifted up, And hath been very high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/isaiah/52.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Behold, my servant shall be wise, he shall be exalted, and lifted up, and be high exceedingly.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/isaiah/52.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Behold my servant shall understand, he shall be exalted, and extolled, and shall be exceeding high. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/isaiah/52.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Behold, my servant will understand; he will be exalted and lifted up, and he will be very sublime.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/isaiah/52.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />See, my servant shall prosper, he shall be raised high and greatly exalted. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/52.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />See, my servant shall prosper; he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/52.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Behold, my servant shall understand, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/isaiah/52.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Behold, my Servant understands and is exalted and is lifted up and is highly exalted<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/isaiah/52.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Behold, My servant shall prosper, He shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/isaiah/52.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Behold, my servant shall understand, and be exalted, and glorified exceedingly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/52-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=11847" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/isaiah/52.htm">The Servant Exalted</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">Behold,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: ‘aḇ·dî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">My Servant</a> <a href="/hebrew/7919.htm" title="7919: yaś·kîl (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- To be, circumspect, intelligent. A primitive root; to be circumspect and hence, intelligent.">will prosper;</a> <a href="/hebrew/7311.htm" title="7311: yā·rūm (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To be high or exalted, rise. A primitive root; to be high actively, to rise or raise.">He will be raised</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: wə·niś·śā (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">and lifted up</a> <a href="/hebrew/3966.htm" title="3966: mə·’ōḏ (Adv) -- Muchness, force, abundance. From the same as 'uwd; properly, vehemence, i.e. vehemently; by implication, wholly, speedily, etc.">and highly</a> <a href="/hebrew/1361.htm" title="1361: wə·ḡā·ḇah (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To soar, be lofty, to be haughty. A primitive root; to soar, i.e. Be lofty; figuratively, to be haughty.">exalted.</a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>Just as many were appalled at Him—His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man, and His form was marred beyond human likeness—…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/2-9.htm">Philippians 2:9-11</a></span><br />Therefore God exalted Him to the highest place and gave Him the name above all names, / that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, / and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-33.htm">Acts 2:33</a></span><br />Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-32.htm">John 12:32-33</a></span><br />And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw everyone to Myself.” / He said this to indicate the kind of death He was going to die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/2-9.htm">Hebrews 2:9</a></span><br />But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-11.htm">1 Peter 1:11</a></span><br />trying to determine the time and setting to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when He predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/28-18.htm">Matthew 28:18</a></span><br />Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/14-9.htm">Romans 14:9</a></span><br />For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/1-20.htm">Ephesians 1:20-22</a></span><br />which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms, / far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. / And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/5-12.htm">Revelation 5:12</a></span><br />In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/16-19.htm">Mark 16:19</a></span><br />After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/7-13.htm">Daniel 7:13-14</a></span><br />In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence. / And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/110-1.htm">Psalm 110:1</a></span><br />A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-11.htm">Isaiah 53:11-12</a></span><br />After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities. / Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/9-9.htm">Zechariah 9:9</a></span><br />Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/2-6.htm">Psalm 2:6-8</a></span><br />“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.” / I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father. / Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.</p><p class="hdg">my servant</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/11-2.htm">Isaiah 11:2,3</a></b></br> And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/42-1.htm">Isaiah 42:1</a></b></br> Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, <i>in whom</i> my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/49-6.htm">Isaiah 49:6</a></b></br> And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.</p><p class="hdg">deal prudently.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/53-10.htm">Isaiah 53:10</a></b></br> Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put <i>him</i> to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see <i>his</i> seed, he shall prolong <i>his</i> days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/1-7.htm">Joshua 1:7,8</a></b></br> Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it <i>to</i> the right hand or <i>to</i> the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/23-5.htm">Jeremiah 23:5</a></b></br> Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.</p><p class="hdg">he shall</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/9-6.htm">Isaiah 9:6,7</a></b></br> For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/49-6.htm">Isaiah 49:6</a></b></br> And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/2-6.htm">Psalm 2:6-9</a></b></br> Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/48-11.htm">Act</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-8.htm">Deal</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-11.htm">Exalted</a> <a href="/psalms/66-17.htm">Extolled</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-17.htm">Greatly</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-11.htm">High</a> <a href="/isaiah/32-5.htm">Highly</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-23.htm">Honoured</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-8.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-15.htm">Prosper</a> <a href="/proverbs/19-25.htm">Prudently</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-11.htm">Raised</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-10.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-15.htm">Undertakings</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-18.htm">Wisely</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/59-6.htm">Act</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-7.htm">Deal</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-7.htm">Exalted</a> <a href="/acts/11-18.htm">Extolled</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-10.htm">Greatly</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-9.htm">High</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-25.htm">Highly</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-8.htm">Honoured</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-4.htm">Lifted</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-10.htm">Prosper</a> <a href="/luke/16-8.htm">Prudently</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-19.htm">Raised</a> <a href="/isaiah/53-11.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/romans/1-31.htm">Undertakings</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-21.htm">Wisely</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 52</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/52-1.htm">Christ persuades the church to believe his free redemption</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/52-7.htm">To receive the ministers thereof</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/52-9.htm">To joy in the power thereof</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/52-11.htm">And to free themselves from bondage</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/isaiah/52-13.htm">Christ's kingdom shall be exalted</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In Hebrew, the word is "הִנֵּה" (hinneh), which is often used to introduce something of great importance or revelation. It is a divine invitation to witness the unfolding of God's plan, emphasizing the gravity and majesty of the message.<p><b>My Servant</b><br />The term "Servant" in Hebrew is "עַבְדִּי" (avdi), which can refer to an individual chosen by God for a specific purpose. In the context of Isaiah, this Servant is often understood to be a prophetic reference to the Messiah, Jesus Christ. The Servant is depicted as one who fulfills God's will, embodying humility and obedience. This phrase underscores the intimate relationship between God and His chosen one, highlighting the Servant's role in the divine plan of salvation.<p><b>will act wisely</b><br />The Hebrew root for "act wisely" is "שָׂכַל" (sakal), which conveys the idea of prudence, insight, and success. This phrase suggests that the Servant will carry out His mission with divine wisdom and understanding, ensuring the fulfillment of God's purposes. It implies not only intellectual acumen but also moral and spiritual discernment, reflecting the perfect execution of God's will.<p><b>He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted</b><br />This sequence of verbs—"raised," "lifted up," and "highly exalted"—emphasizes the Servant's ultimate glorification. The Hebrew words "רוּם" (rum) and "נָשָׂא" (nasa) suggest elevation and honor. Historically and theologically, this is seen as a foreshadowing of Christ's resurrection, ascension, and exaltation at the right hand of God. It speaks to the paradox of the Servant's journey: through suffering and humility comes ultimate exaltation, a theme central to the Christian understanding of Jesus' life and mission.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/52.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">Behold, my servant . . .</span>--There is absolutely no connection between <a href="/context/isaiah/52-12.htm" title="For you shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rear guard.">Isaiah 52:12-13</a>, absolutely no break between the close of Isa Iii. and the opening of Isaiah 53. The whole must be treated as an entirely distinct section (all the more striking, from its contrast to the triumphant tone of what precedes it), and finds its only adequate explanation in the thought of a new revelation made to the prophet's mind. That may have had, like other revelations, a starting-point in the prophet's own experience. He had seen partially good kings, like Uzziah and Jotham; one who almost realised his ideal of what a king should be, in Hezekiah. None of these had redeemed or regenerated the people. So far as that work had been done at all, it had been through prophets who spake the word of the Lord and were mocked and persecuted because they spake it. Something like a law was dawning upon his mind, and that law was the power of a vicarious suffering, the might of martyrdom in life and death. Did it not follow from this that that ideal must be wrought out on a yet wider scale in the great work of restoration to which he was looking forward? The Servant of the Lord, in all the concentric developments of the thought which the word implied, the nation, the prophetic kernel of the nation, the individual Servant identifying himself with both, must himself also be made perfect through suffering and conquer through apparent failure. Granting that such a law exists, it will be no wonder that we should find examples of its working both before and after the great fulfilment, in Isaiah himself, in Jeremiah, in the exiles of the captivity, in the heroes of the Maccabean struggle, in the saints and martyrs of the Church of Christ. It remains true that the Christ alone fulfils the idea of the perfect sufferer, as He alone fulfils that of the perfect King. Measuring Isaiah from a purely human stand-point, and by the standard of other poets, this manifold symbolism of "the Servant," will hardly seem strange to the student of literature who remembers the many aspects presented by the Beatrice of Dante, the St. George and Gloriana of Spenser, the Piers Plowman of Langland.<p><span class= "bld">Shall deal prudently.</span>--The words imply, as in <a href="/joshua/1-8.htm" title="This book of the law shall not depart out of your mouth; but you shall meditate therein day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then you shall make your way prosperous, and then you shall have good success.">Joshua 1:8</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/10-21.htm" title="For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.">Jeremiah 10:21</a>, the idea of prospering. The same verb is used of the "righteous branch" in <a href="/jeremiah/23-5.htm" title="Behold, the days come, said the LORD, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.">Jeremiah 23:5</a>, and is there so translated.<p><span class= "bld">Shall be exalted.</span>--It is noteworthy that the phrase impressed itself, through the LXX., on the mind of the Christ in reference to His crucifixion (<a href="/john/3-14.htm" title="And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:">John 3:14</a>; <a href="/john/8-28.htm" title="Then said Jesus to them, When you have lifted up the Son of man, then shall you know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father has taught me, I speak these things.">John 8:28</a>; <a href="/john/12-32.htm" title="And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to me.">John 12:32</a>), on that of the Apostles in reference to His ascension (<a href="/acts/2-33.htm" title="Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he has shed forth this, which you now see and hear.">Acts 2:33</a>; <a href="/philippians/2-9.htm" title="Why God also has highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name:">Philippians 2:9</a>). (Comp. <a href="/isaiah/6-1.htm" title="In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the LORD sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple.">Isaiah 6:1</a>; <a href="/isaiah/57-15.htm" title="For thus said the high and lofty One that inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.">Isaiah 57:15</a>; <a href="/psalms/89-27.htm" title="Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.">Psalm 89:27</a>.) . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/52.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 13-15.</span> - PRELUDE TO THE "GREAT PASSIONAL." It is generally allowed by modern commentators that this passage is more closely connected with what follows it than with what precedes. Some would detach it altogether from ch. 52. and attach it to ch. 53. But this is not necessary. The passage has a completeness in itself. It is a connecting link. The exaltation of Israel, the collective "Servant of the Lord" (<a href="/isaiah/44-1.htm">Isaiah 44:1, 21</a>), brings to the prophet's mind the exaltation of the individual "<span class="accented">Servant"</span> (<a href="/isaiah/42-1.htm">Isaiah 42:1-7</a>; <a href="/isaiah/43-10.htm">Isaiah 43:10</a>; <a href="/isaiah/49-1.htm">Isaiah 49:1-12</a>), through which alone the full exaltation of Israel is possible. He is bound to complete his account of the individual "<span class="accented">Servant"</span> by telling of <span class="accented">his</span> exaltation, and of the road which led to it. This is done in ch. 53, in what has been called the "<span class="accented">Great Passional."</span> But the "<span class="accented">Great</span> Pas-signal" needs a "<span class="accented">prelude</span>," an "introduction," if only as indicative' of its greatness. And this prelude we have here, in these three verses, which briefly note <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> the fact of the exaltation; <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> the depth of the humiliation preceding it; and <p><span class="note_emph">(3)</span> the far-extending blessedness which shall result to the world from both. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">My Servant shall deal prudently</span>; rather, <span class="accented">shall deal wisely</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> shall so act throughout his mission as to secure it the most complete success. "Wisdom is justified of her children," and of none so entirely justified as of him "in whom were all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge hid away" (<a href="/colossians/2-3.htm">Colossians 2:3</a>). <span class="cmt_word">Exalted and extolled</span>; or, <span class="accented">high and lifted</span> up - the same expressions as are used of the Almighty in <a href="/isaiah/6-1.htm">Isaiah 6:1</a> and <a href="/isaiah/57-15.htm">Isaiah 57:15</a>. Even there, however, seems to the prophet rot enough; so he adds, "and exalted exceedingly" (comp. <a href="/isaiah/53-10.htm">Isaiah 53:10-12</a> and <a href="/philippians/2-6.htm">Philippians 2:6-9</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/isaiah/52-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Behold,</span><br /><span class="heb">הִנֵּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(hin·nêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My Servant</span><br /><span class="heb">עַבְדִּ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḇ·dî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> </span><span class="str2">Slave, servant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will act wisely;</span><br /><span class="heb">יַשְׂכִּ֖יל</span> <span class="translit">(yaś·kîl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7919.htm">Strong's 7919: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be, circumspect, intelligent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He will be raised</span><br /><span class="heb">יָר֧וּם</span> <span class="translit">(yā·rūm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7311.htm">Strong's 7311: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be high actively, to rise, raise</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and lifted up</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנִשָּׂ֛א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·niś·śā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and highly</span><br /><span class="heb">מְאֹֽד׃</span> <span class="translit">(mə·’ōḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3966.htm">Strong's 3966: </a> </span><span class="str2">Vehemence, vehemently, wholly, speedily</span><br /><br /><span class="word">exalted—</span><br /><span class="heb">וְגָבַ֖הּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḡā·ḇah)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1361.htm">Strong's 1361: </a> </span><span class="str2">To soar, be lofty, to be haughty</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/52-13.htm">Isaiah 52:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/isaiah/52-13.htm">Isaiah 52:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/isaiah/52-13.htm">Isaiah 52:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/isaiah/52-13.htm">Isaiah 52:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/isaiah/52-13.htm">Isaiah 52:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/52-13.htm">Isaiah 52:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/52-13.htm">Isaiah 52:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/52-13.htm">Isaiah 52:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/52-13.htm">Isaiah 52:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/isaiah/52-13.htm">Isaiah 52:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/isaiah/52-13.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 52:13 Behold my servant shall deal wisely he (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/52-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 52:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 52:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/52-14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 52:14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 52:14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>