The servant’s task was to establish justice throughout the world, not by force but by a nonviolent, compassionate campaign: He does not cry out or shout aloud Or make his voice heard in the street. He does not break the crushed reed Nor quench the wavering flame.82 When attacked, the servant turns the other cheek and refuses to retaliate. 83 Despised and rejected, he will eventually be “lifted up, exalted, rise to great height,” and the people will realize that his serene resignation has healed them. 84 He will become, Yahweh promises, “the light to the nations, so that my salvation will reach
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