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Isaiah 53:6

Looking back on their former irreligious condition the people see that their rejection of the Servant was the natural outcome of the heedless and inconsiderate selfishness in which they were living. For the figure of the strayed sheep, cf. Psalms 119:176; Matthew 9:36; Matthew 10:6; Luke 15:4.

For have gone … have turned, read had gone … had turned.

every one to his own way selfishly following his individual impulses and interests; cf. Isaiah 56:11.

hath laid on him the iniquity made to light on him the guilt.

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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