This Chapter is one of the most profound and frequently cited passages in The Old Testament. It provides us with a prophetic description of the suffering, death, and ultimate triumph of our Lord, Savior, and Messiah, ~JESUS~ Christ of Nazareth…
Context:
This prophetic passage of scripture coincides with previous chapters that begin to foretell of a servant who will be exalted on high but He must first endure pain and suffering in order to fulfill ~GOD’s~ will in providing a permanent blood sacrifice for the sins of mankind…
Verse Breakdown:
“Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed???”
{Isaiah 53:1 KJV}
🩸This verse opens with a rhetorical question, expressing surprise and lament because only a few people have believed the message about The Servant. The “arm of the Lord” refers to ~GOD’s~ power and salvation, showing us that this revelation is not immediately obvious to/or accepted by everyone…
“For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him…”
{Isaiah 53:2 KJV}
🩸Here, The Servant is described as being humble and unremarkable in appearance, like a fragile plant sprouting in barren soil. This means that He doesn’t attract attention through physical beauty or worldly grandeur, contrasting with the typical expectations of a King or Savior…
“He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not…”
{Isaiah 53:3 KJV}
🩸The Servant endures rejection and contempt from mankind. He is characterized by suffering and sorrow, so much so that others turn away from Him, refusing to value or honor Him…
“Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted…”
{Isaiah 53:4 KJV}
🩸Here, The Servant willingly takes upon Himself All of the burdens of mankind’s pain and sorrow. However, many people misunderstand this selfless act by assuming His suffering is a punishment from ~GOD~ rather than an act of compassion and redemption…
“But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed…”
{Isaiah 53:5 KJV}
🩸This verse Clearly shows us that The Servant’s suffering is a substitutionary act providing the final payment for mankind’s Redemption. His wounds and punishment bring forgiveness for humanity’s sins [“transgressions” and “iniquities”] and restore peace and healing to everyone that accepts His free gift of Pardon…
“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all…”
{Isaiah 53:6 KJV}
🩸Mankind is compared to wandering sheep that have strayed from the flock and more importantly The Shepherd, lost in our own sin and selfishness. ~GOD~ places the collective guilt of All mankind onto The Servant, emphasizing His role as a sacrificial lamb…
“He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth…”
{Isaiah 53:7 KJV}
🩸Despite oppression and affliction, The Servant remains silent and submissive, likened to a lamb led to the slaughter. This highlights His willingness to endure suffering without protest, a trait often associated with meekness and obedience…
“He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken…”
{Isaiah 53:8 KJV}
🩸The Servant is unjustly taken away and dies [“cut off out of the land of the living”]. His death is explicitly linked to the sins of “my people,” and the question about His “generation” means that He leaves no descendants…
“And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth…”
{Isaiah 53:9 KJV}
🩸Though innocent—free of violence or deceit—The Servant is buried among the wicked and, ironically, with the rich. This reflects the dishonorable death yet honorable burial, aligning with the historical accounts of ~JESUS’~ burial by Joseph of Arimathea [a wealthy man] that was recorded in The Gospels of Christ by The Apostles…
“Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand…”
{Isaiah 53:10 KJV}
🩸~GOD~ wills The Servant’s suffering as an “offering for sin.” Despite His death, He will “see his seed” [spiritual descendants of whom are redeemed by Him] and “prolong his days” [pointing to His resurrection and eternal life], fulfilling ~GOD’s~ plan for mankind…
“He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities…”
{Isaiah 53:11 KJV}
🩸The Servant’s suffering [“travail”] brings satisfaction to ~GOD~ because it results in the justification [making righteous] of those of us that have placed our faith and trust in ~JESUS’~ finished works on The Cross at Cavalry. His “knowledge” or obedience enables Him to bear our sins, securing our redemption for All Eternity…
“Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors…”
{Isaiah 53:12 KJV}
🩸~GOD~ rewards The Servant with greatness and victory [“spoil”] for His sacrifice. He dies among sinners [“numbered with the transgressors”] bears our sins, and intercedes for us as our one and only mediator between ~GOD~, mankind, and the devil…
Historical And Theological Context:
This is a messianic prophecy fulfilled by ~JESUS~ Christ of Nazareth which undoubtedly points to His life, death, and resurrection as recorded in The New Testament where Philip links this passage of scripture to ~JESUS~…
“And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest? And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him. The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And like a lamb dumb before his shearer, So opened he not his mouth: In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: And who shall declare his generation? For his life is taken from the earth. And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man? Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus…”
{Acts 8:30-35 KJV}
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