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Isaiah and Malachi announce a messenger who prepares the Lord’s way. The Gospels identify John the Baptist with that messenger, while Josephus independently describes John’s public teaching, baptism, following, imprisonment, and death under Herod Antipas.
Isaiah tells Zion that her salvation comes and that his reward and recompense accompany him.
Isaiah portrays a rejected servant who suffers, bears sin, and is cut off. Watchman 33 identifies the servant with Jesus; a pre-Christian Isaiah manuscript and independent evidence for execution under Pilate anchor the setting, while the redemptive meaning remains theological.