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Isaiah 52 · Grade 5

The Servant Exalted

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Isaiah 52:1-12 continues the "Awake, awake" theme from chapter 51. Now Zion, not God's arm, must wake. Verse 3 states the logic of grace: "You were sold for nothing; and you will be redeemed without money." God owed nothing to Egypt or Assyria, and Babylon would receive no payment. God acts because "my name is blasphemed continually all day long."

Verse 7 is a herald scene. A messenger crosses the mountains with good news (Hebrew basar, the word for bringing good news). His message is the kingdom of God: "Your God reigns!" The watchmen "see eye to eye" Yahweh returning to Zion. "Yahweh has made his holy arm bare in the eyes of all the nations." In the New Testament, Jesus began preaching that the kingdom of God was near (Mark 1:14-15), and Paul cites verse 7 in Romans 10:15 and verse 11 in 2 Corinthians 6:17.

Verse 13 begins what many call the fourth Servant Song (52:13-53:12). It opens with the end: the Servant "will be exalted and lifted up, and will be very high." Then a shock: many were appalled because "his appearance was marred more than any man." Yet "he will cleanse many nations. Kings will shut their mouths at him." In the New Testament, Paul quotes verse 15 in Romans 15:21 about Gentiles hearing the gospel, and John 12:32-33 speaks of Jesus being lifted up.

Show What You Know

  1. How will God redeem his people?

  2. What Hebrew word means bringing good news?

  3. Where does Paul quote verses 7 and 11?

  4. How does the fourth Servant Song open?

Crossword

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Across

  1. Seeing that my ____ are taken away for nothing.
  2. Who brings good ____.

Down

  1. Put on your beautiful ____.
  2. Break out into ____.

Think About It

  1. The herald's message is Your God reigns! How does believing God reigns change how you face bad news?

  2. The Servant was marred yet exalted. How does this pattern of suffering before glory appear in the New Testament?

Memory Verse

“Behold, my servant will deal wisely. He will be exalted and lifted up, and will be very high.”

Isaiah 52:13 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for sending good news. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can you celebrate God's work with other believers?
  • Who could use an encouraging word from you this week?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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