Servant Songs

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Servant Songs are a set of poetic passages in the Book of Isaiah that depict a mysterious “servant of the Lord” whose suffering and faithfulness bring justice and redemption to others.

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Label Occurrences
Servant Songs canonical 3
First Servant Song 2
Fourth Servant Song 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical concept
biblical passage
biblical passage
biblical passage
biblical passage
set of poetic passages
attributedToAuthor Isaiah
centralFigure servant of Yahweh
describes servant of the Lord
genre prophetic literature
hasPart Servant Songs self-linksurface differs
surface form: First Servant Song

Servant Songs self-linksurface differs
surface form: Fourth Servant Song

Second Servant Song
Third Servant Song
influenceOn Christian theology of atonement
Christology
surface form: New Testament Christology
interpretationInChristianity servant as Jesus Christ
interpretationInJudaism servant as Israel
languageOfComposition Biblical Hebrew
literaryForm poetry
locatedInCanon Tanakh
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible
surface form: Old Testament
locatedInText Book of Isaiah
Isaiah 42:1-4
Isaiah 49:1-6
Isaiah 50:4-9
Isaiah 52:13-53:12
numberOfPassages 4
openingWords Here is my servant, whom I uphold
quotedIn New Testament
religiousTradition Christianity
Judaism
scholarlyDebate identity of the servant
studiedIn biblical scholarship
theme atoning suffering
calling of the servant
exaltation after suffering
faithfulness
gentle justice
justice
mission to Israel and the nations
mission to the nations
obedience to God
obedient suffering
redemption
restoration of Israel
suffering
suffering servant
trust in God amid persecution
vicarious suffering
vindication by God

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Isaiah contains Servant Songs
Suffering servant associatedSectionName Servant Songs
subject surface form: Suffering Servant
Servant Songs hasPart Servant Songs self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: First Servant Song
Servant Songs hasPart Servant Songs self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Fourth Servant Song
ebed YHWH relatedTerm Servant Songs
Second Servant Song precededBy Servant Songs
this entity surface form: First Servant Song
Second Servant Song followedBy Servant Songs
this entity surface form: Third Servant Song