Sprinkle or scare the nations?
The mission of the servant in Isaiah 52.15
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https://doi.org/10.25188/FLT-VoxScript(eISSN2447-7443)vXXVI.n3.p463-473.LABKeywords:
Sprinkle, Haunt, Song of the Servant, Prophet IsaiahAbstract
The fourth hymn of the servant appears in Isaiah 52: 13-53.12. As a matter of delimitation, this exegesis only interacts with 52.15a, whose sentence says: “likewise it will sprinkle many nations.” This sentence presents a translation difficulty in the verb yazzeh. Sprinkle or scare the nations? Dialoging with biblical scholars coming from historical Protestantism, two are possible translations: sprinkling or haunting, the first being the most consistent with the Hebrew text.
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2025-05-05
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Sprinkle or scare the nations? The mission of the servant in Isaiah 52.15. (2025). Vox Scripturae, 26(3), 463-473. https://doi.org/10.25188/FLT-VoxScript(eISSN2447-7443)vXXVI.n3.p463-473.LAB