In the wondrous act of expiation by our great Substitute, the Godhead is more gloriously revealed than in all the creations and providences of the divine power and wisdom.” (Spurgeon), iv. But the strength, power, and might of God will be expressed in the midst of this suffering, seemingly weak Messiah. Words in boxes are from the Bible. He yielded himself up, a willing sacrifice for our sins.” (Spurgeon). Isaiah 53:8 Or From arrest; Isaiah 53:8 Or generation considered / that he was cut off from the land of the living, / that he was punished for the transgression of my people? Affliction emptied his quiver upon him, making his heart the target for all conceivable woes.” (Spurgeon). i. received in his hands, feet, and side, made by the nails and This, among many aspects of this prophecy, demonstrates again that Isaiah cannot be speaking of Israel as the suffering Servant. i. His was the pouring out of a whole soul in all the phases of suffering into which perfect souls can pass. But with the rich at His death, Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. Yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted: Curiously, this estimation was accurate. The image is that He loaded them up and carried them on His back, so we wouldn’t have to. He served as God’s emissary to Judah for more than fifty years (from around 740 to 686 B.C. are meant by his being wounded; for not merely the wounds he Isaiah 53:5 But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. The Messiah will have no regrets. The battle is not done; He was smitten by God. ii. Wounded is literally “pierced through.”. He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He opened not His mouth: The prophet repeats His previous point, that the Messiah will suffer without speaking to defend Himself. Next » Chapter 54. i. iii. That passage foretells the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. Isaiah 52:12 For you will not leave in a hurry nor flee in haste, for the LORD goes before you, and the God of Israel is your rear guard. I beseech thee, do not scourge thyself: ‘With his stripes we are healed.’” (Spurgeon), All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way, He was oppressed and He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth, He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He opened not His mouth, He was taken from prison and from judgment, and who will declare His generation, For He 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 deceit in His mouth, because He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth, When you make His soul an offering for sin, “My Lord suffered as you suffer, only more keenly; for he had never injured his body or soul by any act of excess, so as to take off the edge from his sensitiveness. He was silent before His accusers (Mark 15:2-5), never speaking to defend Himself, only to glorify God. For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant, Because He poured out His soul unto death: This speaks of the totality of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross. If you refuse cookies we will remove all set cookies in our domain. His sorrow was for others, and for the fallen, desperate condition of humanity. Rashi 's Commentary: Show Hide. of
Is it very dry ground? It speaks of one known as the " suffering servant ," who suffers because of the sins of others. And it was this – the becoming of the sin-sacrifice – more than the physical suffering that Jesus dreaded. First, he anticipates how strange and contradictory it seems that this suffering Messiah, whose visage is marred more than any man, is at the same time salvation and cleansing to the nations. Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him; He was bruised for our iniquities; Most of our sorrow is really just self-pity. There was nothing left, nothing more He could give. He took them from us, but for it to do us any good, we must release them. Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, and He shall divide the spoil with the strong: The Messiah’s glorious work will be rewarded. c. He was numbered with the transgressors: Jesus could never become a sinner; He could never be a transgressor Himself. Show content in: English Both Hebrew. The Father and the Son worked together at the cross. Article Images Copyright © 2021 Getty Images unless otherwise indicated. ; Isaiah 53:10 Hebrew though you make; Isaiah 53:11 Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text does not have the light of life. In this thinking, great stress is laid upon the past tense of this phrase – by His stripes we are healed. c. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him: Yes, the Messiah was stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. It would be wrong to think of Him as perpetually sad and morose; indeed, He certainly showed great joy (such as in Luke 10:21). Yeshayahu - Isaiah - Chapter 53 « Previous Chapter 52. sin, and the punishment of it. Click to enable/disable essential site cookies. In 1 Timothy 3, one of the requirements for leaders in the church is that they be soberminded. As badly as Israel has suffered through the centuries, she has never been cut off from the land of the living. Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great, He was oppressed and He was afflicted, The following cookies are also needed - You can choose if you want to allow them: You can read about our cookies and privacy settings in detail on our Privacy Policy Page. Who has believed our report: Prophetically, Isaiah anticipates at least two things here. With the image of dividing the spoil after a victorious battle, we see that the Messiah ultimately triumphs. Nor was any deceit in His mouth. It is when we see ourselves as transgressors that we can reach out and receive His salvation. iv. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features. God’s ultimate healing is called “resurrection,” and it is a glorious promise to every believer. Yet He knew sorrow and grief so intimately that He could be called a Man of sorrows. ©2018 David Guzik – No distribution beyond personal use without permission. He remained the Holy One, despite all the pain and suffering. In Matthew 8:16-17, the view seems to be of physical healing. d. And by His stripes we are healed: Here, the prophet sees through the centuries to know that the Messiah would be beaten with many stripes (Mark 15:15). Not for any sins of his own, but for ours, for our rebellions They do not constantly joke, but know how to deal with serious subjects in a serious way. his being wounded to death, and which was occasionally by bearing We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. And as a root out of dry ground. e. He has no form or comeliness… no beauty that we should desire Him: Prophetically, Isaiah gives a more compelling description of Jesus than we find anywhere in the gospel accounts. The Servant of the LORD, the Messiah, suffers on behalf of and in the place of guilty sinners. www.easyenglish.bible. The problem was not in seeing these things, but in only seeing these things. — Isaiah 53:5 (JPS The Judaica Press Tanakh with Rashi's commentary Isaiah 53 is probably the most famous example claimed by Christians to be a messianic prophecy fulfilled by Jesus. We have turned – against God’s way, every one, to his own way. The arm of the LORD is a picture of His strength, power, and might. Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. But all the while, He was as a tender plant – of seeming weakness and insignificance, not like a mighty tree. A word list at the end explains words with a *star by them. Isaiah 9:1-6 New International Version (NIV). d. He bore the sin of many: Over and over again, the prophet emphasizes the point. Man saw the suffering Jesus but didn’t understand the reasons why. d. As a root out of dry ground: Jesus grew up in the Galilee region of Roman occupied Palestine. There are unforgettable words, heavy laden not only with meaning but with hope and with promise, words like “ ‘God is with us’ ” (Isa. “‘He hath poured out his soul unto death.’ I will say no more about it, except that you see how complete it was. As a recognition of that, He was buried with the rich at His death, and would indeed be resurrected. (Broadman Bible Commentary – Luke-John) I would agree with Allen and add such "infinite" forgiveness is impossible, but it is Him-possible. That is a glorious reward! Who does the Messiah divide the spoil with? What Christians must not do is foolishly “claim” to be healed, despite “mere symptoms” that say otherwise, and believe they are standing on the promise of Isaiah 53:5. According to Isaiah 1:1, the prophet Isaiah’s career extended through the reigns of four kings in the southern kingdom of Judah: Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah. When Isaiah uses the phrase, He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, we should not take this as indicating that Jesus was a helpless victim of circumstances and was helpless as a lamb. The ancient Jews understood this She has always endured, even as God promised Abraham. For He was cut off from the land of the living; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Changes will take effect once you reload the page. Up to this point, we might have thought He would only have been severely beaten. And earth and heaven be one. Isaiah’s point is that Jesus was silent, not helpless. The idea of a substitutionary atonement for sin cannot be more specifically stated! He has no form or comeliness; and when we see Him, And who will declare His generation? 9 [] Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, But he was wounded for our transgressions Not for any sins of his own, but for ours, for our rebellions against God, and transgressions of his law, in order to make atonement and satisfaction for them; these were the procuring and meritorious causes of his sufferings and death, as they were taken upon him by him to answer for them to divine justice, which are meant by his … It doesn’t mean solemn and somber, but it does mean an appropriate seriousness. His was the pouring out of a whole soul in all the phases of suffering into which perfect souls can pass. Though Jesus was treated as if He were an enemy of God, He was not. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. against God, and transgressions of his law, in order to make This was God’s doing!He has put Him to grief! a. Quite the contrary; even in His suffering and death, Jesus was in control (John 10:18, 19:11 and 19:30). Surely He has borne our griefs If no sin, no pouring out of the soul unto death; and if no pouring out of the soul unto death, no dividing a portion with the great. Salem Media Group. “My Lord suffered as you suffer, only more keenly; for he had never injured his body or soul by any act of excess, so as to take off the edge from his sensitiveness. i. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, i. He was taken from prison and from judgment, We have to use the methods of technique which must be smart, well-presented, streamlined. The sorrows of the lofty he knew, for he was the King of Israel; the sorrows of the poor he knew, for he ‘had not where to lay his head.’ Sorrows relative, and sorrows personal; sorrows mental, and sorrows spiritual; sorrows of all kinds and degrees assailed him. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. Footnotes. Then all is fair for a grand show of light; the light will never seem so bright as when the night is very very dark.” (Spurgeon). If the Messiah was wounded for our transgressions, then it was also the LORD who laid on Him the iniquity of us all. The Bible says that we have been saved (Ephesians 2:8), that we are being saved (1 Corinthians 1:18), and that we will be saved (1 Corinthians 3:15). Here, he has in view how the Messiah took our pain upon Himself. The chastisement for our peace was upon Him, But the Christ needed not to die at all, so far as he himself was personally concerned. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. in the mill, as the manna was; or as spice is bruised in a g. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him: Because there was nothing outwardly beautiful or charismatic about the Messiah, mankind’s reaction was to withdraw from Him, to despise Him, and hold Him in low esteem. Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. Suffered in our place (Isaiah 53:4) Bore the punishment for our sins and even the sin itself (Isaiah 53:5, 11, 12) Interceded on our behalf (Isaiah 53:12) This passage is about humanity’s atonement: our reconciliation with God. Isaiah 58:11 It is in his stripes that the healing lies. “He was also ‘a man of sorrows,’ for the variety of his woes; he was a man not of sorrow only, but of ‘sorrows.’ All the sufferings of the body and of the soul were known to him; the sorrows of the man who actively struggles to obey; the sorrows of the man who sits still, and passively endures. Check to enable permanent hiding of message bar and refuse all cookies if you do not opt in. The problem of this view – not even counting how it terribly contradicts the personal experience of saints in the Bible and through history – is that it misunderstands the “verb tense” of both salvation and healing. Poured out means that it was all gone. The last drop, as I said before, was poured out till the cup was drained. In the end, the sufferings and humiliation of Jesus only bring Him more glory and majesty! i. Jesus says, “Put My name down with them.” We would be shocked if a godly woman looked at a list of prostitutes and said, “Put my name down among them.” Or what if a godly man looked at a list of murderers and said, “Number me among them.” But that is what Jesus did for us, only to an even greater degree. By proceeding, you consent to our cookie usage. But there is no mistaking the point: He is to be cut off from the land of the living. iii. Affliction emptied his quiver upon him, making his heart the target for all conceivable woes.” (Spurgeon), And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him, Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows, Yet we esteemed Him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted, But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, for our transgressions… for our iniquities, “‘With his stripes we are healed.’ Will you notice that fact? And He bore the sin of many, e. By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many, for He shall bear their iniquities: It is in knowing the Messiah, in both who He is and what He has done, that makes us justified before God. Marion Adams. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. Isaiah 53:5 But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. We may request cookies to be set on your device. Every “patch-up” healing in this present age simply anticipates the ultimate healing that will come. Read it the other way. i. f. But with the rich at His death, because He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth: Despite the intention of others to make His grave with the wicked, God allowed the Messiah to be with the rich at His death, buried in the tomb of the wealthy Joseph of Arimathea (Luke 23:50-56, Matthew 27:57-60). meritorious causes of his sufferings and death, as they were e. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned, every one, to his own way: Here the prophet describes our need for the Messiah’s atoning work. The prophet brings the point home again and again. c. He shall see His seed, He shall prolong His days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in His hand: The death, the burial, the offering of the Messiah does not end the story. But he was wounded for our transgressions the sins of his people; and hereby he removed the guilt from We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website. Isaiah 53:5. i. There was no cause within himself why he should go to the cross to lay down his life. There is no beauty that we should desire Him. And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? This means that when we try to attract people to Jesus through form or comeliness, or beauty, we are using methods that run counter to the nature of Jesus. It is not in himself at all; but there, at Gabbatha, where the pavement is stained with the blood of the Son of God, and there, at Golgotha, where the place of a skull beholds the agonies of Christ. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. a. 1 Who would have believed our report, and to whom was the arm of the Lord revealed? But each way that is our own way instead of the LORD’s way is a sinful, destructive, damned way. e. And they made His grave with the wicked: Jesus died in the company of the wicked (Luke 23:32-33), and it was the intention of those supervising His execution to cast Him into a common grave with the wicked. He felt the horror of sin as we who have sinned could not feel it, and the sight of evil afflicted him much more than it does the purest among us.” (Spurgeon). Jesus was no victim of circumstance or at the mercy of political or military power. You can check these in your browser security settings. This shows that men value physical beauty and charisma far more than God does, and when we don’t see it, we can reject the ones God accepts. When you make His soul an offering for sin: The Hebrew speaks of a specific, sacrificial sin-offering as described in Leviticus chapter 5. Isaiah 53 is the fifty-third chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah, and is one of the Nevi'im.Chapters 40 through 55 are known as "Deutero-Isaiah" and date from the time of the Israelites' exile in Babylon Jesus never once felt sorry for Himself. All rights reserved. In 1 Peter 2:24-25, the view seems to be of spiritual healing. The healing of a sinner does not lie in himself, nor in what he is, nor in what he feels, nor in what he does, nor in what he vows, nor in what he promises. b. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, refuseing them will have impact how our site functions. The Father judged our iniquity as it was laid on the Son. How many people carry around pain – griefs and sorrows – that Jesus really carried for them? When Isaiah uses the phrase, He was led as a lamb to the slaughter, we should not take this as indicating that Jesus was a helpless victim of circumstances and was helpless as a lamb. You are free to opt out any time or opt in for other cookies to get a better experience. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the Way of the Sea, beyond the Jordan— Certainly, the Messiah was stricken. Isaiah 53:3 says about the Servant of the Lord, “He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. i. There has been much debate as to if Isaiah had in mind spiritual healing or physical healing. He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. It shows that even in His death, even in His taking the transgressions of God’s people, the Messiah never sinned. An EasyEnglish Bible Version and Commentary (2800 word vocabulary) on the Gospel of John. California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. them, and freed them from the punishment due unto them: he Because He poured out His soul unto death, i. To his last rag he was stripped upon the cross. In God’s presence, that what seems to be weak is strong. e. And made intercession for the transgressors: We know that presently, Jesus has a ministry of intercession (Hebrews 7:25). ii. ii. i. (MacArthur Commentary - Luke) Allen reasons that "To relate to others on the terms laid down by Jesus is beyond human capacity. And the LORD has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. We have turned, every one, to his own way; As this passage is quoted in the New Testament, we see some more of the thought. Is there a roll-call taken for transgressors? He has gotten his most illustrious splendor, his brightest jewels, his divinest crowns, out of coming into contact with this poor fallen race.” (Spurgeon), iii. Chapter 53. In the wondrous act of expiation by our great Substitute, the Godhead is more gloriously revealed than in all the creations and providences of the divine power and wisdom.” (Spurgeon), Because He poured out His soul unto death, And made intercession for the transgressors, © Copyright - Enduring Word | . He has put Him to grief. atonement and satisfaction for them; these were the procuring and Is it dark? Second, he anticipates the rejection of the Messiah, that many would not believe our report. Jesus who died shall be satisfied, This word describes the person who is able to think clearly and with clarity. What Christians must do is pray boldly and trust God’s goodness and mercy in granting gifts of healing now, even before the ultimate healing of resurrection. It is not in himself at all; but there, at Gabbatha, where the pavement is stained with the blood of the Son of God, and there, at Golgotha, where the place of a skull beholds the agonies of Christ. He lives to see His seed, His spiritual descendants.
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