The MAJOR & MINOR Prophets - The 16 Writing Prophets Of The Hebrew Canon

DQ RIIHULQJ IRU VLQ *RG¶V ZLOO VKDOO SURVSHU LQ +LP vs 11, The cry of His soul will please the Father, and by doing right My Righteous Servant shall justify many vs 12, He will prosper mightily because He was willing to die; considered a rebel, he interceded for the rebels

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But although He had done so many signs before them, they did not believe in Him, that the word Of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: ´/RUG ZKR KDV EHOLHYHG RXU UHSRUW" $QG WR ZKRP KDV WKH DUP RI WKH /25' EHHQ UHYHDOHG"µ [quoted from Isa 53:1]

Therefore they could not believe, because Isaiah said again :

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These things Isaiah said when he saw His glory and spoke of Him. [Isa 6:10]

11 Gleason L. Archer, Encyclopedia of Bible Difficulties, p. 264.

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