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Chapter 52

1 Awake, awake, Zion; put on your strength, Zion; and put on your glory, Jerusalem the holy city: there shall no more pass through you, the uncircumcised and unclean. 2 Shake off the dust and arise; sit down, Jerusalem: put off the band of your neck, captive daughter of Zion. 3 For thus says the Lord, You have been sold for nothing; and you shall not be ransomed with silver. 4 Thus says the Lord, My people went down before to Egypt to stay there; and were carried away forcibly to the Assyrians. 5 And now why are you here? Thus says the Lord, Because my people was taken for nothing, wonder and howl. Thus says the Lord, On account of you my name is continually blasphemed among the Gentiles.⁠ 6 Therefore shall my people know my name in that day, for I am he that speaks: I am present, 7 as a season of beauty upon the mountains, as the feet of one preaching glad news of peace, as one preaching good news: for I will publish your salvation, saying, Zion, your God shall reign. 8 For the voice of those who guard you is exalted, and with the voice together they shall rejoice: for eyes shall look to eyes, when the Lord shall have mercy upon Zion. 9 Let the waste places of Jerusalem break forth in joy together, because the Lord has had mercy upon her, and has delivered Jerusalem. 10 And the Lord shall reveal his holy arm in the sight of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation that comes from God. 11 Depart, depart, go out from there, and do not touch the unclean thing; go out from the midst of her; separate yourselves, you that bear the vessels of the Lord. 12 For you shall not go forth with tumult, neither go by flight: for the Lord shall go first in advance of you; and the Lord God of Israel shall be he that brings up your rear. 13 Look, my servant shall understand, and be exalted, and glorified exceedingly.⁠ 14 As many shall be amazed at you, so shall your face be without glory from men, and your glory shall not be honored by the sons of men. 15 Thus shall many nations wonder at him; and kings shall keep their mouths shut: for they to whom no report was brought concerning him, shall see; and they who have not heard, shall consider.

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Compare LXX Isaiah 52:13 and John 12:32

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Summary

John’s description of the Son of Man being lifted up echoes Isaiah’s servant who is raised and exalted after suffering, connecting humiliation with reversal to honor and vindication and showing how John interprets Isaiah’s servant with a messianic focus.

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LXX Isaiah 52:13

Septuagint
12 For you shall not go forth with tumult, neither go by flight: for the Lord shall go first in advance of you; and the Lord God of Israel shall be he that brings up your rear. 13 Look, my servant shall understand, and be exalted, and glorified exceedingly. 14 As many shall be amazed at you, so shall your face be without glory from men, and your glory shall not be honored by the sons of men. 15 Thus shall many nations wonder at him; and kings shall keep their mouths shut: for they to whom no report was brought concerning him, shall see; and they who have not heard, shall consider.
100–1 BCE (scholarly estimate) Read in LXX Isaiah

John 12:32

New Testament
28 Father, glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven, “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.” 29 The crowd that stood there and heard the voice said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to him. 30 Jesus said, “This voice has not come for my benefit but for yours. 31 Now is the judgment of this world; now the ruler of this world will be driven out. 32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” 33 (Now he said this to indicate clearly what kind of death he was going to die.)
90–110 CE (scholarly estimate) Read in John

References

"... Early Christians searched the scriptures to find meaning in Jesus’ death. According to Donald Juel, their findings emerged from “messianic exegesis.” Following the rule of gezerah shewah, they interpreted passages reminiscent of Jesus in light of acknowledged messianic texts. This study focuses on twelve explicit christological citations in the Fourth Gospel: Exodus 12:46; Psalm 22:18; 34:20; 41:9; 69:4, 9, 21; 118:25–26; Isaiah 6:10; 40:3; 53:1; and Zechariah 9:9; 12:10. Johannine exegetes could have used “messianic exegesis” to justify interpreting them as prophecies about Jesus. The evidence that suggests that they did. Psalms 22; 69; 118 and Isaiah 52:13–53:12 - standard Christian proof texts - can be interpreted in light of a messianic psalm, Psalm 89. Messianic exegesis extends from them to Exodus 12; Psalm 34; 41; 118; Isaiah 6:1–10; and Zechariah 9:9; 12:10. John’s tandem quotations share significant catchwords, with each other and with Psalm 22. Furthermore, John’s narrative emphasizes catchwords like come, eyes, see, hate, lift up, and glorify. Apparently, John has searched the scriptures and found a Messiah who comes into the world, opening blind eyes but hated by those who cannot see. In the end, he is lifted up and glorified - on a Roman cross ..."
Jocelyn McWhirter, "Messianic Exegesis in the Fourth Gospel" in Reynolds, Benjamin E., editor. Reading the Gospel of John’s Christology as Jewish Messianism: Royal, Prophetic, and Divine Messiahs (Leiden: Brill, 2018), 124–148.

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