Introduction
From the habit of the Speaker, through the prophet, to alternate between warning the lukewarm and careless of Israel (as Isaiah 50:10-11) and comforting and encouraging the truly devoted ones of that people, it is right to suppose (as modern expositors now do) that this chapter is a continuation of the last. The Servant of Jehovah, or Messiah, is, as before, the speaker. He now turns himself from the branches of the people to be cut off, (Isaiah 50:10-11; Romans 11:17,) who say they are Jews and are not, (Revelation 2:9; Revelation 3:9,) who live in the light of sparks themselves have kindled, (Isaiah 50:11,) to the true Israel now enlarged by converts from the Gentiles.
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