IV. The grand sweep of the Servant's work.

'The many' is indefinite, and its very indefiniteness approximates it

to universality. A shadowy vision of a great multitude that no man can

number stretches out, as to the horizon, before the prophet. How many

they are he knows not. He knows that they are numerous enough to

'satisfy' the Servant for all His sufferings. He knows, too, that there

is no limit to the happy crowd except that which is set by the

necessary condition of joining the bands of 'the justified'--namely,

'the knowledge of Him.' They who receive the benefits which the Servant

has died and will live to bring cannot be few; they may be all. If any

are shut out, they are self-excluded.

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