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Isa. 51:1–3 The first incentive for obeying the voice of the servant is that, if God could make a great nation from one barren couple (Abraham and Sarah), then he can revive barren Zion as a joyful new Eden.
Isa. 51:4–6 The second incentive (see vv. 1–3) is that the truth of the Lord is going out to the nations with a saving power that will outlast the universe.
Isa. 51:7–8 The third incentive (see vv. 1–3) is that, like the servant of the Lord, though believers are reviled, they will also be eternally vindicated.
Isa. 51:9–52:12 God’s power for his people is always active, opening new ways forward through the gospel.
Isa. 51:9–11 God’s oppressed people pray for a new exodus into eternal joy.
Isa. 51:9 Awake, awake. The discouraged people of God think of him as asleep. as in days of old. That is, the days of the exodus. Rahab is Egypt (see 30:7). The nation is portrayed as an evil monster, slain by the power of God.
Isa. 51:12–13 The Creator God criticizes his people’s fears. I, I am he answers the double “Awake, awake” of v. 9.
Isa. 51:15–16 I am the Lord your God . . . You are my people. God’s covenant with his people defines both him and them.
Isa. 51:17 Wake yourself, wake yourself. In v. 9, the people think God needs to be awakened to action. In reality, they themselves need to awaken.
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