The Servant in Second Isaiah Word servant appears 21 times in 40- 55 19 times singular; 2 times plural (44:26 by emendation = //messengers; 54:17 the vindication of the servants of Yahweh comes from me) 8 times in servant poems; 1x = Israel; 2x = not Israel; 5x = unclear 13 times elsewhere; = 8x explicitly Israel; 3x implicitly Israel; 2 plural
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