CHAPTER LIII _This chapter foretells the sufferings of the Messiah, the end_ _for which he was to die, and the advantages resulting to_ _mankind from that illustrious event. It begins with a complaint_ _of the infidelity of the Jews_, 1; _the offence they took at his mean and humble appearance_... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Isaiah 53:2. Isaiah 53:1, Isaiah 53:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Isaiah 53:3. _ACQUAINTED WITH GRIEF_] For וידוע _vidua, familiar with_ _grief_, eight MSS. and one edition have וירע _veyada_, and _knowing_ _grief_; the _Septuagint, Syriac_, and _Vulgate_ read it ויודע _veyodea_. _WE HID AS IT WERE OUR FACES FROM HIM_ - "As one that hideth his face from us... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Isaiah 53:4. _SURELY HE HATH BORNE OUR GRIEFS_ - "Surely our infirmities he hath borne"] _Seven_ MSS. (_two_ ancient) and _three_ editions have חליינו _cholayeynu_ in the plural number. _AND CARRIED OUR SORROWS_ - "And our sorrows, he hath carried them"] _Seventeen_ MSS. (_two_ ancient) of Dr... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Isaiah 53:5. _THE CHASTISEMENT OF OUR PEACE _- "The chastisement by which our peace is effected"] _Twenty-one_ MSS. and _six_ editions have the word fully and regularly expressed, שלמינו _shelomeynu_; pacificationum nostrarum, "our pacification;" that by which we are brought into a state of pe... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Isaiah 53:6. _THE INIQUITY OF US ALL._] For עון _avon_, "iniquity," the ancient interpreters read עונות _avonoth_, "iniquities," plural; and so the _Vulgate_ in MS. Blanchini. And the Lord hath הפגיע בו _hiphgia bo_, caused to meet in him the iniquities of us all. He was the subject on which a... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Isaiah 53:8. _AND WHO SHALL DECLARE HIS GENERATION_ - "And his manner of life who would declare"] A learned friend has communicated to me the following passages from the Mishna, and the Gemara of Babylon, as leading to a satisfactory explication of this difficult place. It is said in the form... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Isaiah 53:9. _WITH THE RICH IN HIS DEATH_ - "With the rich man was his tomb"] It may be necessary to introduce Bishop _Lowth's_ translation of this verse before we come to his very satisfactory criticisms: - And his grave was appointed with the wicked; But with the rich man was his tomb: Al... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Isaiah 53:10. _TO GRIEF_ - "With affliction"] For החלי _hecheli_, the verb, the construction of which seems to be hard and inelegant in this place, the _Vulgate_ reads בחלי _bocholi_, in infirmitate, "with infirmity." _WHEN THOU SHALT MAKE HIS SOUL_ - "If his soul shall make"] For תשים _tasim... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Isaiah 53:11. _SHALL BE SATISFIED_ - "And be satisfied"] The _Septuagint,_ _Vulgate, Syriac_, and a MS. add the conjunction to the verb, וישבע _vaigisba_. _SHALL MY RIGHTEOUS SERVANT JUSTIFY_ - "Shall my servant justify"] Three MSS., (two of them ancient,) omit the word צדיק _tsaddik_; it see... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Isaiah 53:12. _HE BARE THE SIN OF MANY_] רבים _rabbim_, the _multitudes_, the _many that_ were _made sinners by the offences of_ _one_; i.e., the whole human race; for _all have sinned - all have_ _fallen_; and for all that have sinned, and for all that have fallen, Jesus Christ died. The רבים... [ Continue Reading ]