Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 42:19

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19. my servant —namely, Israel. Who of the heathen is so blind? Considering Israel's high privileges, the heathen's blindness was as nothing compared with that of Israelite idolaters. my messenger . . . sent —Israel was designed by God to be the herald of His truth to other nations. perfect —furnished with institutions, civil and religious, suited to their perfect well-being. Compare the title, "Jeshurun," the perfect one, applied to Israel (compare :- ), as the type of Messiah [VITRINGA]. Or translate, the friend of God, which Israel was by virtue of descent from Abraham, who was so called ( :- ), [GESENIUS]. The language, "my servant" (compare :- ), "messenger" ( :- ), "perfect" ( Romans 10:4 ; Hebrews 2:10 ; 1 Peter 2:22 ), can, in the full antitypical sense, only apply to Christ. So 1 Peter 2:22- : plainly refers to Him. "Blind" and "deaf" in His case refer to His endurance of suffering and reproach, as though He neither saw nor heard ( Psalms 38:13 ; Psalms 38:14 ). Thus there is a transition by contrast from the moral blindness of Israel ( Psalms 38:14- : ) to the patient blindness and deafness of Messiah [HORSLEY]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-20" class="com-number"

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