Rabbi Tovia Singer on Isaiah 53: Who is the Suffering Servant?

Rabbi Tovia Singer responds to an Indonesian audience regarding Isaiah 53. Who is the suffering servant that is talked about in Isaiah 53? Christians insist that it is Jesus Christ, however, Rabbi Tovia Singer proves them wrong, with a step by step Bible study.

[brianebanks]

Thank you rabbi may Hashem bless you now and always

[maxtumarinson]

Finally some kind of detailed explanation.😊

[arunachalammanickam]

A fantastic teacher, Rabbi's step by step analysis, unambiguous interpretation leading to the truth is amazing.

[aristeidislykas]

One of the best adversaries of a Christian in a debate!

[micaelshalom]

Amazing chapter. There is alot of emet truth that is coming out to the 🌎 🗺 now. Alot of people who are searching for the truth with the fear in there heart for heaven. Blessed 🙌 are you master of the Universe who opens the eyes of the blind

[benmeyer]

Very Simple - Just read 41 8-9...Mr servant refers to Jacob (Israel) My SERVANT ( Not Jesus )

44: 1-2
44:21
45 :4
48 : 20
49 :3
Psalms 136 :22
jeremiah 30-10
jeremiah 47: 27-28.
Isaian 43:10
isaiah 52 : 1-2 Isiah 54 1-8
isaiah 52 14

have more verses that will prove that " My SERVANT" does not refer to Jesus.

The Xtain took all the verses out of context ! period.

[awudembe]

The Rabbi asks who is speaking in Isaiah chapter 53.
His answer: Not God, not Isaiah, but "kings of the nations" according to chapter 52v15.
It can't be "kings of the nations" because someone is telling us what kings of the nations will do.
Who is this person? That is the person who is speaking.
According to his own counsel, the Rabbi should just look at a few earlier verses.
In chapter 52v13 it says "See, my servant will act wisely..."
The same person speaking in verse 52v13 seems to be the same person still speaking in 52v15.
My servant will act wisely (v13) and kings will shut their mouths because of him (v15)
If "kings of nations" are speaking in 52vs15, then they are the ones talking about '(my servant" v13)
Is Israel the servant of "kings of the nations?"
The one who speaks about "my servant" in Isaiah chapter 52 is God.
In Isaiah chapter 53v1 there is a new speaker, yes and it is not God.
However, to say God is not speaking in chapter 53 would not be totally accurate, because it seems God has a voice in saying
"My servant will make many righteous" (53v11)

[man]

Im muslim and I appriciate your honesty and your knowledge cousin.Shalom :)

[fruit-filledolivetree]

Yeshua is the Meshiach. If Israel was this righteous, sinless servant who brings salvation to the nations-why does God say the afflicted Israelites are “not guiltles” and “deserving discipline and judgement” and why does God NOT save these nations who afflicted but instead “completely destroys them”? The idea of Israel being the suffering servant is not backed up by other scripture, which is a basic principle of hermeneutics. Now, Yeshua absolutely fits the criteria which is why rabbi Rashi and every other following him are so scared of this passage, and continue to make outlandish doctrines to distract Jews from their Jewish Meshiach-Yeshua:

“HE COMMITTED NO SIN, NOR WAS DECEIT EVER FOUND IN HIS MOUTH. While being reviled and insulted, He did not revile or insult in return; while suffering, He made no threats [of vengeance], but kept entrusting Himself to Him who judges fairly. He personally carried our sins in His body on the cross [willingly offering Himself on it, as on an altar of sacrifice], so that we might die to sin [becoming immune from the penalty and power of sin] and live for righteousness; for by His wounds you [who believe] have been healed.”
‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭2:22-24‬ ‭

[richardwalters]

Isaiah 42:1-8

1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold,
my chosen, in whom my soul delights;
I have put my Spirit upon him;
he will bring forth justice to the nations.
2 He will not cry aloud or lift up his voice,
or make it heard in the street;
3 a bruised reed he will not break,
and a faintly burning wick he will not quench;
he will faithfully bring forth justice.
4 He will not grow faint or be discouraged
till he has established justice in the earth;
and the coastlands wait for his law.
5 Thus says God, the LORD,
who created the heavens and stretched them out,
who spread out the earth and what comes from it,
who gives breath to the people on it
and spirit to those who walk in it:
6 “I am the LORD; I have called you in righteousness;
I will take you by the hand and keep you;
I will give you as a covenant for the people,
a light for the nations,
7 to open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
from the prison those who sit in darkness.
8 I am the LORD; that is my name;
my glory I give to no other,
nor my praise to carved idols.

The servant in these verses, is the same servant in Isa 53. Also: Stop trying to take the Glory of that servant and apply it to weak men. All men fail - even Jews - that’s the message of the Bible. Men fail, God does not fail. That’s God’s glory ! Stop trying to take credit for healing the nations with Jewish sufferings. You’re sufferings are not “the Savior” of mankind. God’s ordained, chosen Messiah is.

[checkidawt]

Jesus Christ, the anointed one who bear the sins of many and the only one who can make you righteous. So sad to hear you, .

[TheJuneuk]

No disrespect rabbi, but I can see where this is all coming from, you are very proud to be a jew and it is very delicious for you to hear all these especially chosen from you scriptures which obviously feed well your ego.Still you didn't know how to explain chapter 53 or didn't want to explain and who is the servant there, you plainly said I don't know!!!And also how through the suffering of Israel the world will be saved, how?
He was treated harshly, but endured it humbly;
    he never said a word.
Like a lamb about to be slaughtered,
like a sheep about to be sheared,
    he never said a word.

8 
He was arrested and sentenced and led off to die,
    and no one cared about his fate.
He was put to death for the sins of our people.

9 
He was placed in a grave with those who are evil,
    he was buried with the rich,
even though he had never committed a crime
    or ever told a lie.” 


Does this describes Israel, explain how.please?

[ovenil]

Don't trust on your own understanding. Trust in God instead. Amen.

[titusdavis]

Isaiah 1 begins showing Israel their sins and continues to repeat that and call them to repentance. Now in 53 this guy wants to believe they were righteous the whole time 😳 pride covers your own sins, but the righteous confess & forsakes them.

[StratologydotCom]

In Isaiah 53:5 it says 'He was pierced for our transgressions' Question: Who was pierced? Who were the transgressors? Are you saying that both of these are Israel? Or are you are saying the remnant is the one who was pierced and the non-remnant are the transgressors? If so, Isaiah seems to be counting himself among the non-remnant. Is that right?

[mephistophelean]

Though I'm an atheist, Tovia is an amazing teacher, he spells out the problems found within Christianity when it come to them misinterpreting Jewish texts. And you know you are correct when the Christians accuse you of being biased concerning your own texts. "You reject Jesus, so we can't trust what you have to say!" Isn't this exactly what the Christian respondents are guilty of doing here? Just read their threads and you will see how much they hate others, especially Jews, when they point out the flaws in their [the Christians] own scriptures! They cry over their cornflakes every morning, they simply cannot handle the fact, that their scriptures are corrupted. My advice to those types of Christians (i.e., James Bradford) is: "Get a life and grow the fuck up!"

[fishersofevidence]

This is from the online Virtual Jewish Library; Isaiah 53:

53:8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

So is there a translation you would recommend for those of us who don't read Hebrew?

[ISO-ffbu]

Before making any conclusion about whom the prophet Isaiah referred to in Ch 53, we shall understand under what historical background and to whom God wants Isiah to speak and why.
The audiences in this video are very unlikely to know, they came to a bible lesson and ended up with only 3 bringing the bible.

Isaiah 1:1 talks about when was the time of the ministry of Isaiah, 2:1 talks about who he was, and chapter 6 talks about how he was called by the Lord and what was his mission assigned.
A preface of a book pretty much can tell you what the author is about to write, the preface in the Book of Isaiah is Chapter 1, if anyone has ever read this chapter knows how sinful the nation of Israel is, which Rabbi Tovia Singer admitted the nation Israel suffers because of their people's own sins, and this servant killed the prophet Isaiah eventually.

Rabbi Tovia Singe suggests the servant in Ch53 are Israel, he quote such as 41:842:1, 44:1 etc to prove it. But if read carefully, what kind of servant God is talking about? 42:19-20, 43:22-28, ch44.

Lastly, it's very interesting that Rabbi Tovia Singe use 43:10-12 to prove Trinity is wrong. Are these verses written by the prophet to fight against Israel's belief in Trinity? NO, the background of these verses and the context of the whole chapter and the follow chapter prove Israel is an idol worshipper and rebellion. What was the reason suddenly God restate to Israel says '...That you may know and believe Me, and understand that I am He. Before Me there was o God formed, Nor shall there be after Me. I, I, the Lord, and besides Me no saviour.(43:10-11) Because they didn't know and believe the Lord, they didn't understand that I am He, they thought other nation's gods could save them. God has to chasten His servant to let them witness who is God through His redeeming(V14).

How does a sinful nation redeem other nations? How Israel a sinful nation herself can be an offering of sin (53:10), and how a nation full of iniquities bore the sin of many(53:12)? Who is the singular Seed of the servant(54:10)?

If 53:1 was talking about other nations or the kings of other nations, to whom those nations report to?
If they had reported why their mouths shall shut?
If the holy servant is Israel in ch 53, why God urged them to depart, get out of Babylon, don't touch unclean, and be clean in 52:11? Which basically indicates they are unholy.

[HK-qnrz]

I’ve listened to it, this guy is going in circles and he picks and choose what fits his belief, it’s look like he forgot Isaiah 7 :14-16
And Isaiah 9:6-7
Notice that he didn’t go into what is actually written in Isaiah 53
For example verse 3 it’s talk about a man rejected by his people, that this man is carrying on him the sin of others that he’s the sacrifice of sin verse 10 ....
So this rabi didn’t come near to explain the verses in Isaiah 53 and he didn’t because he doesn’t have an explanation to what is written.

14Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel. 15Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good. 16
Isaiah 7

6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. 7Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever.
Isaiah 9

[ЭтоточаровательныйПетербург]

At the end Rabbi Tovia Singer is demonstrating the verse Isaiah 53:8 "For the transgression of my people they were stricken". We know that "my people" here are Israel, if "they" are also Israel as Rabbi Tovia Singer is stating, this verse makes no sense. For the transgressions of Israel the people of Israel were stricken. So, at the end of the lecture Rabbi Singer is disproving the very theory he has been trying so vehemently to prove to these silent people from the Far East. We also know from the interpretations of many Christian writers that Israel is a type of the Messiah, Christ, so throughout the book of Isaiah, Israel is typifying the Messiah, but here specifically it is the person of Messiah obviously, otherwise, again this verse would make no sense.