Yeshayah 53
53
1Who hath believed our report? And to whom is the Zero'a Hashem#53:1 Isa 52:10 revealed?
2For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a Shoresh (Root, Shoresh Yishai, Moshiach)#53:2 Isa 11:10, Sanhedrin93b 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#53:2 Hag 2:7 him.
3He is despised and chadal ishim (rejected by men); a man of sorrows, and acquainted with suffering; and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4Surely he hath borne our sufferings, and nasah (carried)#53:4 Lv 16:22; Isa 53:12 our sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken,#53:4 i.e., like a leper is stricken smitten of G-d,#53:4 See Dt 21:23 and afflicted.
5But he was pierced#53:5 Isa 51:9; Zech 12:10 Sukkah 52a, Ps 22:17 Targum Hashivim for our transgressions, he was bruised mei'avonoteinu (for our iniquities); the musar (chastisement) that brought us shalom#53:5 Isa 54:10 was upon him [Moshiach]; and at the cost of his [Moshiachʼs] chaburah (stripes, lacerations) we are healed.
6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own derech#53:6 see Prov 16:25 (way); and Hashem hath laid on him#53:6 Moshiach the avon (iniquity, the guilt that separates from G-d) of us all.
7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; he is brought as a seh#53:7 see Ex 12:3 (lamb) to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
8He was taken from prison and from judgment; and who of his generation declared? For he was cut off#53:8 Dan 9:26; Lv 17:10 out of Eretz Chayyim#53:8 this refers to the mot of Moshiach Ben Dovid, see v.12 mipesha ami (for the transgression of my people [Yisroel]), nega#53:8 cf. Ps 91:10 (plague) lamo ([fell] on him).#53:8 i.e., Moshiach; in light of Ps 11:7 and Job 22:2 we are warranted in saying the suffix is a singular, “him,” not “them”. Cf Gn 9:26-27; Dt 33:2; Isa 44:15; also compare 1Chr 21:17
9And he made his kever (grave) with the resha'im, and with the oisher#53:9 see Mt 27:57-60 (rich man) bemotayv (in his deaths, intensive plural should be translated singular, death); because he had done no chamas (violence), neither was any mirmah (deceit) in his mouth.#53:9 We stray as sheep; we return in Moshiach as children (zera); the Techiyas HaMoshiach (Resurrection of Moshiach) predicted in v. 10 Dead Sea Scrolls Isaiah Scroll says Moshiach “will see the light [of life];” see also the Targum HaShivim
10Yet it pleased Hashem to bruise him; He hath put him to suffering; when Thou shalt make his nefesh an asham offering for sin, he (Moshiach) shall see zera,#53:10 See Psalm 16 and Jn 1:12 He shall prolong his yamim (days) and the chefetz Hashem (pleasure, will of Hashem) shall prosper in his#53:10 Moshiachʼs hand.
11He#53:11 Hashem shall see of the travail of his#53:11 Moshiachʼs nefesh, and shall be satisfied; by knowledge of him#53:11 Moshiach shall Tzadik Avdi (My Righteous Servant)#53:11 Moshiach, Zech 3:8, Jer 23:5; Zech 6:11-12, Ezra 3:8 Yehoshua, Yeshua shmo justify many;#53:11 Ro 5:1 for he#53:11 Moshiach shall bear their avon (iniquities).
12Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his nefesh unto mavet (death); and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he nasah (Lv 16:22, bore) [like the Yom Kippur scapegoat] the sin of many, and made intercession#53:12 did the work of a mafgi'a, intercessor for the transgressors.#53:12 See Lk 23:34
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THE ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE
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Isaiah 53
53
The Suffering Servant
(Acts 8:26–40; 1 Peter 2:21–25)
1Who has believed our message?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?#53:1 Cited in John 12:38 and Romans 10:16
2He grew up before Him like a tender shoot,
and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no stately form or majesty to attract us,
no beauty that we should desire Him.
3He was despised and rejected by men,
a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief.
Like one from whom men hide their faces,
He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
4Surely He took on our infirmities
and carried our sorrows;#53:4 LXX This One bears our sins and is pained for us; cited in Matthew 8:17 and 1 Peter 2:24
yet we considered Him stricken by God,
struck down and afflicted.
5But 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.#53:5 Cited in 1 Peter 2:24
6We all like sheep have gone astray,#53:6 Cited in 1 Peter 2:25
each one has turned to his own way;
and the Lord has laid upon Him
the iniquity of us all.
7He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet He did not open His mouth.
He was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before her shearers is silent,
so He did not open His mouth.
8By oppression and judgment He was taken away,
and who can recount His descendants?
For He was cut off from the land of the living;#53:8 LXX In humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth; cited in Acts 8:32–33.
He was stricken for the transgression of My people.
A Grave Assigned
(Matthew 27:57–61; Mark 15:42–47; Luke 23:50–56; John 19:38–42)
9He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
and with a rich man in His death,
although He had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in His mouth.#53:9 Cited in 1 Peter 2:22
10Yet it was the Lord’s will to crush Him
and to cause Him to suffer;
and when His soul is made a guilt offering,#53:10 Or and though He makes His life a guilt offering
He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days,
and the good pleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand.
11After the anguish of His soul,
He will see the light of life #53:11 DSS (see also LXX); MT does not include the light of life. and be satisfied.
By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many,
and He will bear their iniquities.
12Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great,#53:12 Or many
and He will divide the spoils with the strong,#53:12 Or numerous
because He has poured out His life unto death,
and He was numbered with the transgressors.#53:12 Cited in Luke 22:37
Yet He bore the sin of many
and made intercession for the transgressors.
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