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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

Isaiah 57:14 → Isaiah 53:5

Echo

Later text

Isaiah 57:14BSB

And it will be said, "Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people."

Earlier text

Isaiah 53:5BSB

But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.

Significance

Isaiah 57:18-19 promises "I will heal him... I will create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace (שָׁלוֹם שָׁלוֹם, shalom shalom) to him who is far and him who is near," echoing Isaiah 53:5 where "the chastisement for our peace (שְׁלוֹמֵנוּ, shelomenu) was upon Him, and by His wounds we are healed." The key terms שָׁלוֹם (shalom, "peace") and healing connect both passages. Isaiah 53:5 reveals the cost of peace — the Servant's chastisement; Isaiah 57:18-19 announces the result — peace proclaimed to far and near. The contrite and crushed spirits whom God promises to restore (57:15) are healed through the Servant's wounds (53:5), creating a theological arc from the Servant's suffering to the community's restoration.

Found via: Keil and Delitzsch, Commentary on the Old Testament (1866)
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme

▸ The Suffering Servant

Linked Mentions 2

Trajectory Tables 1

Sin Offering (Christ Bearing Our Sins) Trajectory Table

Anchor Texts 1

Isaiah 52:13-53:12 — The Suffering Servant

Isaiah 57:14 → Isaiah 53:5

Significance

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