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Radak on Isaiah

David Kimhi’s medieval commentary on Isaiah, which reads Isaiah 52:13 to 53:12 as the nations speaking about exiled Israel.

Author: David Kimhi (Radak)
Publisher: Sefaria
Tradition: Medieval Jewish commentary
Accessed: 2026-10-06

Citation

David Kimhi (Radak), Commentary on Isaiah 52:13-53:12, Sefaria, accessed October 6, 2026.

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The suffering servant is IsraelIsaiah does call Israel his servant. Isaiah 53 describes an innocent individual struck for "my people," who dies and then lives, a profile that strains the national reading.