Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
divide—as a conqueror dividing the spoil after a victory (Psalms 2:8; Luke 11:22).
him—for Him.
with . . . great—HENGSTENBERG translates, "I will give Him the mighty for a portion"; so the Septuagint. But the parallel clause, "with the strong," favors English Version. His triumphs shall be not merely among the few and weak, but among the many and mighty.
spoil . . . strong— (Colossians 2:15; compare Proverbs 16:19). "With the great; with the mighty," may mean, as a great and mighty hero.
poured out . . . soul—that is, His life, which was considered as residing in the blood (Leviticus 17:11; Romans 3:25).
numbered with, etc.—not that He was a transgressor, but He was treated as such, when crucified with thieves (Mark 15:28; Luke 22:37).
made intercession, etc.—This office He began on the cross (Luke 23:34), and now continues in heaven (Isaiah 59:16; Hebrews 9:24; I John 2:1). Understand because before "He was numbered . . . He bare . . . made intercession." His meritorious death and intercession are the cause of His ultimate triumph. MAURER, for the parallelism, translates, "He was put on the same footing with the transgressors." But English Version agrees better with the Hebrew, and with the sense and fact as to Christ. MAURER'S translation would make a tautology after "He was numbered with the transgressors"; parallelism does not need so servile a repetition. "He made intercession for," etc., answers to the parallel. "He was numbered with," etc., as effect answers to cause, His intercession for sinners being the effect flowing from His having been numbered with them.
Israel converted is compared to a wife (Isaiah 54:5; Isaiah 62:5) put away for unfaithfulness, but now forgiven and taken home again. The converted Gentiles are represented as a new progeny of the long-forsaken but now restored wife. The pre-eminence of the Hebrew Church as the mother Church of Christendom is the leading idea; the conversion of the Gentiles is mentioned only as part of her felicity [HORSLEY].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 53:12:
Job 42:10
Psalms 16:7
Song of Solomon 1:3
Isaiah 49:4
Isaiah 49:25
Isaiah 52:13
Isaiah 52:13
Isaiah 53:1
Isaiah 53:4
Jeremiah 18:21
Ezekiel 4:4
Luke 4:18-19
John 1:29
John 19:18
1 Corinthians 15:3
Hebrews 9:28
1 Peter 2:24
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