Isaiah 52:14 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Isaiah 52:14

12 For ^ayou shall not go out with haste,
Nor go by flight;
^bFor the Lord will go before you,
^cAnd the God of Israel will be your rear guard.

The Sin-Bearing Servant

13 Behold, ^aMy Servant shall deal prudently;
^bHe shall be exalted and¹ extolled and be very high.

14 Just as many were astonished at you,
So His ^avisage was marred more than any man,
And His form more than the sons of men;

15 ^aSo shall He¹ sprinkle many nations.
Kings shall shut their mouths at Him;
For ^bwhat had not been told them they shall see,
And what they had not heard they shall consider.

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Summary of Messiah's history, which is set forth more in detail in the fifty-third chapter. "Just as many were astonished (accompanied with aversion, Jeremiah 18:16; Jeremiah 19:8), etc.; his visage, etc.; so shall He sprinkle," etc.; Israel in this answers to its antitype Messiah, now "an astonishment and byword" (Deuteronomy 28:37), hereafter about to be a blessing and means of salvation to many nations (Isaiah 2:2-3; Micah 5:7).

thee; his—Such changes of persons are common in Hebrew poetry.

marred—Hebrew, "disfigurement"; abstract for concrete; not only disfigured, but disfigurement itself.

more than man—CASTALIO translates, "so that it was no longer that of a man" (compare Psalms 22:6). The more perfect we may suppose the "body prepared" (Hebrews 10:5) for Him by God, the sadder by contrast was the "marring" of His visage and form.

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