“Yahweh God helps me.
Therefore I have not been disgraced.
Therefore I have set my face
Like a flint.
I know that I shall not be put to shame.
He who vindicates me is near.
Who will contend with me?
Let us stand up together.
Who are my adversaries?
Let them confront me.
It is Yahweh God who helps me.
Who will declare me guilty?
All of them will wear out
Like a garment.
The moth will eat them up.”
Second Isaiah says that this suffering servant will be vindicated. God would help him, so that he can suffer for God’s sake. This servant had a hard flint like face, because he knew that he would not be put to shame. Yahweh was near to him. Who was going to contend with this servant? Where were his adversaries? He would stand together with Yahweh. Let them try to confront him, because God would help him. No one will declare him guilty. All of them will wear out like a moth eaten old garment. Thus this is suffering for God with a clear purpose.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 