ocr: the bleak predictions OT juagment. nstead, a message of hope and joy breaks in. "Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed. - a According to saiah, what nappened to Judah was not God's defeat. God had in mind a new thing, a plan far more wonderful than anything seen before. In words that have become familiar, the book of saiah explains why the future holds hope-not just for the Jews, but for the whole world. A mysterious figure called "the servant would, through his suttering, provide a means of rescue. Later, in a taraway time, God would usher i ...