Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
Ver. 13. Behold, my servant shall deal prudently.] Or, Shall prosper. Isa 53:10 Here some, a and not unfitly, begin the next chapter, which hath Christ also for its subject, as the Chaldee paraphrast and some old Jewish doctors acknowledge. Johannes Isaac, a Jew, was converted by reading it. This I confess ingenuously, saith he, that that chapter brought me to the faith of Jesus Christ. And well it might; for, taken together with these three last verses, it is an entire prophecy, or rather a history of Christ's person and acts, both in the state of his humiliation and exaltation.
He shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.] This great advancement was the consequence of his great abasement. Php 2:6-11 His human nature, wherein he suffered so for our sakes, hath, by virtue of the union with the Deity, these high prerogatives: (1.) An exuberance and excess of glory. Eph 1:21 (2.) The grace of divine adoration together with the Deity. Hebrews 1:6 Php 2:9 (3.) Power over all things for his people's use. Mat 28:18 (4.) Judiciary power, to be judge of all. Act 17:31
a Aug. De Civ. Dei, lib. xviii, cap. 29; Justin, contra Tryphon.; Orig., lib. i. contra Cels.