in loc., allows to be the most respectable he had met with among the Jews, and, according to him, "to be by no means dispised." In order that the fitness or unfitness of this application of the prophecy may be made apparent, and evident, we will new lay before the reader this famous prophecy, part by part, each part accompanied by the Jewish interpretation.
Isaiah lii.

13, "Behold, my servant shall prosper, he shall be exalted, and extolled, and be very high." Interpretation--My servant Israel, though he be in great affliction for a time, yet hereafter shall be released from captivity, and be honoured and raised to elevation very high among the nations of the earth.

[That the Jewish nation is spoken of, in the singular number and under the title of God's servant frequently in the Old Testament, is well known, and will be here made certain by a few examples.

Isaiah xli.

(the chapter preceding the prophecy,) "But thou Israel my servant, thou, Jacob, whom I have chosen," presently afterwards, "saying to thee, thou art my servant." Again, chapter xliv .-- "Now, therefore, hear Jacob my servant," and so frequently in the same chapter.