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Chapters 52 and 53 contain the 4th. "Servants Song". They proclaim the "Redeemer" as a "man of sorrows". Even the Jews, at the time of Isaiah, believed that this spoke of the Messiah. Some would have you to believe that it spoke of Jeremiah or Isaiah, but Philip in Acts 8:34, puts this mistake to rest when he replies to the Eunuch's question, "About whom does the Prophet speak?", and Philip opened his mouth and told him the "good news" of Jesus.
Notice the plight of the "Redeemer", "Led as a sheep to the slaughter", denied justice, crowned with thorns and many were astonished by reason of his sorrows.
While this chapter continues the theme of the preceding chapter of encouragement to those who were in bondage, their promised deliverance is compared to the work of the Messiah. The promised freedom from bondage is compared to the work of Christ of "setting the prisoner free", those who are imprisoned in sin.
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