Whether or not Israel has a mouth, the point is that we've established it can't be Jesus since he did open his mouth.
Except that as we established just above, it can't be him, since he opened his mouth.
The Servant of Isaiah is the same as the sensible slave that Jesus speaks of in the New Testament. The servant is not Israel or Jesus. Jesus is the master of that slave or servant.
—
Matthew 24:45-51 Who then is the faithful and sensible slave whom his master put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes. Truly I say to you, that he will put him in charge of all his possessions. But if that evil slave says in his heart, ‘my master is not coming for a long time,’ and shall begin to beat his fellow slaves and eat and drink with drunkards; the master of that slave will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour which he does not know, and shall cut him in pieces and assign him a place with the hypocrites; weeping shall be there and the gnashing of teeth.
Jesus gives a few hints. He says that John; youngest apostle, will remain until he returns. Jesus does not say John will not die, but rather he will remain until he returns. John will go on to see Jesus coming in a Vision. John then writes his vision in Revelations.
Jesus treats John as a baby brother, telling Mary and John to accept each other as mother and son. In the Suffering Servant, the mother of the Servant is sent away. The Servant reunites with a mother, via Mary. John will come a second time, after dies. The Servant is a type of mental reincarnation of John; visionary.
One key to understanding this is to address Satan. Satan is not thrown from Heaven until the prophesy of Revelation, which were written by John, decades after the death of Jesus. This means Satan had a voice and authority in heaven up to these prophesy. In the old Testament, Satan was like a chief operating officer or CEO, for God. Satan was charge of the earth and humans up to his dismissal in Revelations.
Revelation 12:7–10 (NIV) Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back. 8 But he was not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. 9 The great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil, or Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.
The atrocities of the old Testament, including eye for an eye, was part of Satan's authority as CEO, on behalf of God. Satan was in paradise during the tree of knowledge of good and evil. This tree symbolizes law. Satan wrote many of the laws of the Old Testament, as CEO. This is sanctioned by God, by his presence in Heaven and his access to God. This relationship between Satan and God, does not change until years after the Resurrection of Jesus. While Jesus was alive on earth, even Jesus was confronted with the sanctioned authority of Satan.
During the temptation of Jesus, by Satan in the wilderness, Satan offers Jesus all the wealth and power of the nations if he would bow down and serve Satan. Satan was in charge of all the earthy things like power and wealth at that time. Jesus never denies Satan has this authority. If Jesus had accepted the offer, he would have become the Messiah expected in the old Testament; powerful, rich and able to conquer all the enemies of Israel. Satan offers him that.
However, Jesus refuses the offer. Jesus was not accepted by Israel as the Messiah, because he refused all the expected flash and bling; authority under the CEO Satan. Jesus chooses a different path which would supersede Satan. Not too long later, Satan's power is cut off in heaven and Satan is cast to the earth. The power of Satan remains, but he is no longer sanctioned by heaven. This transition of Satan, from the seat of heavenly power, will become the suffering for the suffering servant.
When Satan was allowed in Heaven; old testament, his influence, such as the violence, in ancient times, was allowable. He was like a natural impulse, similar to natural instinct; sanctioned by Heaven. Nobody get upset if the lion kills to eat. This was treated the same way.
But when Satan is dispatched from Heaven, the same actions, are no longer the same in terms of being sanctioned as natural instinct; survival of the fittest. The suffering Servant sees this, but it is not clear how one is to proceed from there, since traditions once sanctioned by Heaven, no longer works for God.
The analogy is say a you work for a large corporation. The CEO is well liked and personable. You like your job and believe the company is at its prime; Rome. The board of directors fires the CEO and replaces him with a new person. The old CEO is still the same person, with the same ideas, but he is no longer sanctioned by the board as the CEO.
Mixed loyalties will result, with many employees refusing to cooperate with the new CEO. They want things to stay the same, as when Satan was sanctioned by God. This was the glory days. The sensible slave will follow the new decision of the board; heaven, but this creates problem for him at work. His station as a slave; low level employee, requires he go along with the employee strike. Yet he sees the future and has to convince all, of the benefits of a future, that is not yet visible.
The servant will bear their iniquities, since their heart is right with respect to a once optimized known; past and present, but are blindly opposed to the better future they cannot yet see. The branch and root of Jesse has to grow and evolve to be able to give them their food at the proper time. But this path is without rewards, thanks and even direction, so he is often tempted to stop and become one of the guys who lives in the moment. But he heeds the warning.
When Satan is thrown from heaven, he pursues the Divine woman who gives birth to a son who is caught up to the throne of God. Mary's new son, as sanctioned by Jesus, is John; spirit of John. The Divine woman is the soul of the Servant; his patience and wisdom. His soul is stuck in a state of suspension, pursed by Satan; old ways, until one day he finds his place. He is eventually lifted up, and made to stand on two feet as a man, with a human mind; White Horseman.