The questions are asked by the prophet, and the implied answer is 'No
one.' None or few received the divine message, or recognised the
working of Jehovah's power in His Servant.
ARM] cp. Isaiah 51:9; Isaiah 52:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
1-3. The tenses are past (prophetic perfect), the future being viewed
as already accomplished.... [ Continue Reading ]
The people here speak. There was nothing in the servant's appearance
to attract them. SHALL GROW] RV 'grew.' BEFORE HIM] i.e. before God.
TENDER PLANT, etc.] not like a stately tree, but like a lowly plant,
struggling in arid soil. So the human life of the Messiah was one of
obscurity and humility.... [ Continue Reading ]
SORROWS.. GRIEF] lit. 'pains.. sickness.' HE WAS DESPISED, etc.]
literally fulfilled in the attitude of His contemporaries generally
towards our Lord: cp. John 1:10; John 8:48; John 9:24; John 10:20.
4-6. Though they thought him the object of Jehovah's wrath, he was in
truth afflicted that they mig... [ Continue Reading ]
CHASTISEMENT OF OUR PEACE] i.e. resulting ia our peace.... [ Continue Reading ]
The v. expressively sets forth the meekness of the Messiah under
persecution. See the literal fulfilment recorded in Matthew 26:63;
Matthew 27:12; Matthew 27:14 and parallel passages.... [ Continue Reading ]
Read, 'By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his
generation, who _among them_ considered that he was cut off,' etc.
(RV); i.e. his persecution ended in death, but his contemporaries did
not understand that this was for his peopled transgressions, not for
his own. The ignorance of... [ Continue Reading ]
HE MADE.. BECAUSE] RV 'they made.. although.' Though himself
guiltless, he was, in his end, associated with malefactors. RICH is
parallel to WICKED, and stands for the wrong-fully rich (Psalms 49:6;
Proverbs 11:16). The words received their fulfilment in detail in the
crucifixion of Christ between t... [ Continue Reading ]
YET IT PLEASED] His sufferings were in accordance with the divine
purpose (cp. Acts 2:23; Acts 4:28). OFFERING FOR SIN] lit.
'trespass-offering' (Leviticus 5:14.). Sin is an infringement of God's
honour and rights, and the life of the Servant is the satisfaction
paid for it. This sacrifice of the Se... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS KNOWLEDGE] i.e. either (_a_) the knowledge which he possesses (cp.
John 17:25), or (_b_) knowledge of him (cp. John 17:3). JUSTIFY MANY]
RV 'make many righteous,' by delivering them from the guilt and
consequences of their sins.... [ Continue Reading ]
Jehovah gives him victory as a great ruler of mankind because of his
willing selfsacrifice.
THE SUFFERING OF JEHOVAH'S SERVANT: ITS MEANING AND RESULTS
See introductory note to Chapter s
49-57.
Isaiah 52:13. The contrast between the Servant's humiliation and
exaltation; its effect upon the world... [ Continue Reading ]