Text: Isaiah 57:14
OT Text Referred to: Isaiah 53:10
Subject: restoration of the contrite
Source: Keil and Delitzsch, Commentary on the Old Testament (1866)
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Anchor Text: Isa 52:13-53:12 — The Suffering Servant
Significance: This intertextual connection traces the creation theme through Israel's Scriptures. Isaiah 57's portrayal of restoration of the contrite finds development in Isaiah 53, revealing how Israel's poets and prophets understood creation as pointing forward to God's ultimate creative work. In Christ, the Creator enters creation to restore what was marred by the Fall and inaugurate new creation (2 Cor 5:17; Col 1:15-20).