The same speaker continues in ch.l., which is equally Messianic in sound.

In ch.lii.the prophet speaks _of_ him, (vv.

13-15) but the subject of the chapter is _restoration from Babylon_; and from this he runs on into the celebrated ch.

liii.
It is essential to understand the _same_ "elect servant" all along.
He is many times called Israel, and is often addressed in a tone quite inapplicable to Messiah, viz.

as one needing salvation himself; so in ch.xliii.Yet in ch.xlix.this elect Israel is distinguished from Jacob and Israel at large: thus there is an entanglement.