Excerpt - Apocalyptic Commentary of the Book of Isaiah by Avraham Gileadi, Ph.D.

62:1 For Zion's sake I will not keep silent; for Jerusalem's sake I will not remain still till her righteousness shines like a light, her salvation like a flaming torch.

Fulfilling the role of intercessors with God in the pattern of proxy saviors under the terms of the Davidic Covenant (cf. Isaiah 37:15-20, 33-36; 38:2-6) are Jehovah's watchmen who plead on behalf of his people until their restoration is accomplished (vv 6-7). Jehovah's servant sets the standard by exemplifying Jehovah's righteousness and serving as their light (Isaiah 41:2; 42:6; 46:11-13; 49:6), facilitating Jehovah coming as salvation like a "flaming torch" (v 11; Isaiah 10:17; 12:2; 43:11-12; cf. Genesis 15:17). In effect, as soon as his people proximate the servant's righteousness, Jehovah comes.

In that sense, many things that describe the servant may apply also to Zion's watchmen-those servants whom Jehovah raises up who unitedly accomplish his people's restoration. These individuals-as inferred from the personal pronoun "I"-pass through many of the same or similar experiences the servant does, so that, based on the principle of "the one and the many," even their identities come close to merging: as he calls on the name of Jehovah, so do they (vv 6-7; Isaiah 41:25); as he declares good tidings, so do they (v 11; Isaiah 52:7-8); as he suffers affronts, so do they (Isaiah 50:6-7; 61:7).


62:2 The nations shall behold your righteousness and all their rulers your glory; you shall be called by a new name conferred by the mouth of Jehovah.

Jehovah's glory rests on his people at the time he comes to reign among them (Isaiah 4:5; 24:23; 60:1-2). His people, too, however, ascend to glory: "From a sector of the earth we hear singing: 'Glorious are the righteous!" (Isaiah 24:16); "In that day the plant of Jehovah shall be beautiful and glorious, and the earth's fruit the pride and glory of the survivors of Israel" (Isaiah 4:2). The servant's establishing righteousness among Jehovah's people leads to their attaining higher spiritual levels, as signified by the new name he gives them (Isaiah 56:5; 65:15; 66:22) with its accompanying new commission.


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