Everlasting Father. Again, some commentators dismiss the possibility of a divine element, insisting that fatherhood is the essential point whereas “everlasting” is only a modifier. But surely the phrase must be taken as a whole. Many kings claimed to be “father” to their people and even to their captives, yet their fatherhood was of a strictly temporal and self-tainted character. This person’s fatherhood is claimed to be forever. Such a claim cannot be ignored. It is either the royal bombast typical of the ancient Near East, which is, in fact, atypical for Israel, or it is a serious statement of a sort of fatherhood which will endure forever. When one sees that God’s fatherhood is such that it does not impose itself upon its children but rather sacrifices itself for them, it becomes plain that “everlasting fatherhood” must be of that sort (cf. Matt. 6:25, 26; 11:27–30; 18:12–14; 23:9–12; Luke 23:34; Rom. 8:15–17).

 Oswalt, J. N. (1986). The Book of Isaiah, Chapters 1–39 (pp. 247–248). Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.

耶稣基督是万王之王、万主之主，祂是神国子民的父，这种父权不是强加给祂子民的，而是为他们牺牲而来的。这里的父权并非是说耶稣基督乃父子灵三一神的那个父。