And as a root out of dry ground.
He has no1 form or comeliness;
And when we see Him,
There is no1 beauty that we should desire Him.
A Man of1 sorrows and bacquainted with grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
He was despised, and cwe did not esteem Him.
And carried our1 sorrows;
Yet we1 esteemed Him stricken,
1Smitten by God, and afflicted.
He was bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His bstripes we are healed.
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the Lord1 has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
Yet aHe opened not His mouth;
bHe was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
So He opened not His mouth.
And who will declare His generation?
For bHe was cut off from the land of the living;
For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.
But with the rich at His death,
Because He had done no violence,
Nor was any bdeceit in His mouth.
He has put Him to grief.
When You make His soul aan offering for sin,
He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days,
And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in His hand.
By His knowledge aMy righteous bServant shall cjustify many,
For He shall bear their iniquities.
bAnd He shall divide the1 spoil with the strong,
Because He cpoured out His soul unto death,
And He was dnumbered with the transgressors,
And He bore the sin of many,
And emade intercession for the transgressors.
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Isaiah 53:2
tender plant—Messiah grew silently and insensibly, as a sucker from an ancient stock, seemingly dead (namely, the house of David, then in a decayed state) (see on Isaiah 11:1).
shall grow . . . hath—rather, "grew up . . . had."
before him—before Jehovah. Though unknown to the world (John 1:11), Messiah was observed by God, who ordered the most minute circumstances attending His growth.
root—that is, sprout from a root.
form—beautiful form: sorrow had marred His once beautiful form.
and when we shall see—rather, joined with the previous words, "Nor comeliness (attractiveness) that we should look (with delight) on Him."
there is—rather, "was." The studied reticence of the New Testament as to His form, stature, color, etc., was designed to prevent our dwelling on the bodily, rather than on His moral beauty, holiness, love, etc., also a providential protest against the making and veneration of images of Him. The letter of P. LENTULUS to the emperor Tiberius, describing His person, is spurious; so also the story of His sending His portrait to Abgar, king of Edessa; and the alleged impression of His countenance on the handkerchief of Veronica. The former part of this verse refers to His birth and childhood; the latter to His first public appearance [VITRINGA].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 53:2:
Ecclesiastes 9:18
Song of Solomon 5:9
Isaiah 4:2
Isaiah 11:1
Isaiah 11:10
Isaiah 49:4
Isaiah 52:13
Isaiah 53:1
Ezekiel 17:22
Ezekiel 21:26
Haggai 2:7
Zechariah 6:12
Luke 4:18-19
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