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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What Does Isaiah 53:4 Mean?
Isaiah 53:4-9
Jesus shows us that meekness is not a mere contemplative virtue; it is maintaining peace and patience in the midst of pelting provocations. In II Corinthians Paul realizes that the meek and gentle approach can easily appear as weakness to those unfamiliar with Jesus' example, so he calls it "the meekness . . . of Christ." True meekness is always measured by Christ's meekness. His humility, patience, and total submission of His own will to the will of the Father exemplifies meekness.
Martin G. Collins
Meekness
Isaiah 53:4
When anah ("afflicted") is used in what is called the niphal stem, it means the pain, trouble, or discomfort is reflexive and thus self-inflicted. In English grammar, "reflexive" means the action of the verb is directed back at the subject. One of the things Isaiah 53:4 is saying, then, is that Christ voluntarily submitted Himself to this affliction.
John W. Ritenbaugh
Pride, Humility, and the Day of Atonement
Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Isaiah 53:4:
Leviticus 23:26-32
Galatians 4:4
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Christ's meekness—His humility, patience, and total submission of His own will to the Father's will—sets the standard against which all meekness is measured. Meekness is not merely a contemplative virtue but the maintaining of peace and patience amid pelting provocations. The Hebrew word anah, meaning "afflicted," appears in the niphal stem, indicating a reflexive action directed back at the subject and thus self-inflicted. This reveals that Christ voluntarily submitted Himself to the affliction described here, embracing it willingly rather than having it merely imposed upon Him.