James Clark
Sep 6, 2018 · 27 min read

In-depth linguistical study on Isa 53.

Greetings in the Name of Jesus the risen Christ. I don’t know how this will turn out as I’ve not published any of my studies anywhere but some facebook groups and my own personal page. I believe however I can not be the only one who likes to study the bible in it’s original languages. Today we are going to study the hole chapter. Before we do this, I want to go on record and state I have no intention on saying our modern English translations are flawed, this is just a study and just another way of looking at our bibles. This is not a blog to get into translation philosophy or anything of that nature, this is simply an entry on one of the least studied chapters in the Hebrew Bible. As a matter of fact, some Jewesh sects intentionally deny or leave out of their scriptures this chapter. So why the confusion? I don’t seek out to even answer that question, I simply seek to publish a personal study, if this study helps you to answer any of the questions listed above, praise the Lord.

Verse 1 of isa 53 reads thusly.Who hath believed our report? And to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?

Now we move into the Hebrew and we take this passage word by word and we dig into it, this is very complicated and if your just a beginner this will not be for you. However if you’ve ben studying Hebrew or have the tools to follow along, by all means follow. I also want to say I am not an expert, this is just a study done by someone who just has an interest in the Biblical languages. All right, lets get down to the tacks, introducing Hebrew.

‎מִ֥י הֶאֱמִ֖ין לִשְׁמֻעָתֵ֑נוּ וּזְר֥וֹעַ יְהוָ֖ה עַל־מִ֥י נִגְלָֽתָה׃ הֶאֱמִ֖ין equals true or furm. שְׁמֻעָת. equals report or revelation. so who has believed our revelation, or message, so who has found our report to be reliable, who will believe us in other words, and if you go back and look in isa 52 you’ll find that Isaiah through God is asking these questions about the future. The reason for this is because Isaiah knew through God that people would reject his message, God knew that he was using Isaiah to give the first look into the gospel. The Lord knew the jews would reject the gospel, but he went along with his plan anyway to bring salvation to not only the jews who would believe on Jesus or the suffering servant but so that the hole world including gentiles would be able to be grafted into the kingdom. So in other words God is showing us the future concerning a message he’ll be giving the children of Israel and we will later see that message is in the form of his son Jesus Christ. God will be displaying his power through his long arm witch brings us to our next Hebrew word.

‎זְר֥וֹעַ equals arm or four-arm. So God will be showing his power or long arm of salvation through his message or word or revelation, it’s interesting to me that we have seen the word revelation because if you stop and think about it, the gospel is a revelation or an unvailing of God’s will for humanity. He wants to bring all men to himself. in case there is any doubt of who’s message will be carried out and by who’s hand, the bible leaves no room for wonder here. יְהוָ֖ה equals Yahweh it’s an interesting usage here of the Hebrew to specifically say Yahweh Because if you look in the bible, you’ll see several other names used for God, but Yahweh is the highest name that can ever be used, and this denotes power and might. When the Hebrews were rescued by the Lord as they fled Egypt that was a Display of power of the long mighty arm of God. If God can cause the seas to go back-words and kill thousands of armed elite troops then that’s a God you don’t wanna mess with and yet that same God is delivering a message to Israel through the profit Isaiah.

. Lets return now to our study, נִגְלָֽתָה equals revealed. So he reveals the gospel through his suffering servant known as Jesus about 800 years after this prophecy in Isaiah 53, and he does it by giving us the gospel and then allowing the servant to suffer on a cross at Calvary.

MHC says this “53:1 — 3 No where in all the Old Testament is it so plainly and fully prophesied, that Christ ought to suffer, and then to enter into his glory, as in this chapter. But to this day few discern, or will acknowledge, that Divine power which goes with the word. The authentic and most important report of salvation for sinners, through the Son of God, is disregarded. The low condition he submitted to, and his appearance in the world, were not agreeable to the ideas the Jews had formed of the Messiah. It was expected that he should come in pomp; instead of that, he grew up as a plant, silently, and insensibly. He had nothing of the glory which one might have thought to meet with him. His whole life was not only humble as to outward condition, but also sorrowful. Being made sin for us, he underwent the sentence sin had exposed us to. Carnal hearts see nothing in the Lord Jesus to desire an interest in him. Alas! by how many is he still despised in his people, and rejected as to his doctrine and authority!” I place this here because I want to use this as a backdrop, one thing I like to do is look at study-bibles or other people’s views who are a lot more studied in things like this than I am, I tend to agree with Matthew Henry’s understanding on this. When we get to the next few verses it will become vary apparent what he means.

v 2 says the following.

‎וַיַּ֨עַל כַּיּוֹנֵ֜ק לְפָנָ֗יו וְכַשֹּׁ֙רֶשׁ֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ צִיָּ֔ה לֹא־תֹ֥אַר ל֖וֹ וְלֹ֣א הָדָ֑ר וְנִרְאֵ֥הוּ וְלֹֽא־מַרְאֶ֖ה וְנֶחְמְדֵֽהוּ׃For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him.

‎יַּ֨עַל equals to ascend; to lead up; to lead out; to bring up; to cause to rise יּוֹנֵ֜ק equals suckling, child; shoot פָנָ֗י equals front or face. שֹּׁ֙רֶשׁ֙ equals root; foundation. so what we are seeing so far is that God caused this child to grow up with no firm foundation in the world, but the Lord willed it to be so for salvation for all people’s. As I make revisions to this blog and am reading over this again, it occurred to me that while Jesus did not have a firm foundation in the world, he had a very firm foundation on the rock that is God the father. צִיָּ֔ה equals dry. Sidenote, it’s like God is saying Jesus will not have a pleasant life even from birth and we actually see this carried out in the gospel accounts, being born in a stable is not a pleasant birthplace especially, and again heres another detail, the Desert. תֹ֥אַר. equals appearance. הָדָ֑ר equals majesty; splendor; adornment. נִרְאֵ֥ equals to see or understand. Clearly they rejected this child from his birth, our verse says he grew up before him, who is him in this context? he grew up before God, the Jews did not desire him, they felt he could not be the messiah do to his birth conditions and location of said birth. He Was not good looking, he was not splended , some might say he was even ugly. rejected from birth? who can relate to that in todays world? the home in a lot of places resembles a warzone, who can relate being rejected by their own family? Jesus was and I mean think about it, Jesus came from the tribe of Juda the same line David came from, those people were Jews, who rejected Jesus as messiah? None other than his own family, the Jews. Lets move on and you’ll see my point very clearly hopefully. נֶחְמְדֵֽ equals to desire or to treasured. It’s clear to me that his family did not want him, I don’t mean Mary and Joseph, I mean the tribal family, the heads of the tribes and the religious leaders did not want him. The world was against him, Jesus was probably. about 2 years old at this point because the government ordered every child under the age of 2, to be murdered. “Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, magi from the east arrived in Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.” When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. Gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Messiah was to be born. They said to him, “In Bethlehem of Judea; for this is what has been written by the prophet: ‘ AND YOU, BETHLEHEM, LAND OF JUDAH, ARE BY NO MEANS LEAST AMONG THE LEADERS OF JUDAH; FOR OUT OF YOU SHALL COME FORTH A RULER WHO WILL SHEPHERD MY PEOPLE ISRAEL.’” Then Herod secretly called the magi and determined from them the exact time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the Child; and when you have found Him, report to me, so that I too may come and worship Him.” After hearing the king, they went their way; and the star, which they had seen in the east, went on before them until it came and stood over the place where the Child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced exceedingly with great joy. After coming into the house they saw the Child with Mary His mother; and they fell to the ground and worshiped Him. Then, opening their treasures, they presented to Him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh. And having been warned by God in a dream not to return to Herod, the magi left for their own country by another way. Now when they had gone, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, “Get up! Take the Child and His mother and flee to Egypt, and remain there until I tell you; for Herod is going to search for the Child to destroy Him.” So Joseph got up and took the Child and His mother while it was still night, and left for Egypt. He remained there until the death of Herod. This was to fulfill what had been spoken by the Lord through the prophet: “ OUT OF EGYPT I CALLED MY SON.” Then when Herod saw that he had been tricked by the magi, he became very enraged, and sent and slew all the male children who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the magi. Then what had been spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “A VOICE WAS HEARD IN RAMAH, WEEPING AND GREAT MOURNING, RACHEL WEEPING FOR HER CHILDREN; AND SHE REFUSED TO BE COMFORTED, BECAUSE THEY WERE NO MORE.” But when Herod died, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said, “Get up, take the Child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel; for those who sought the Child’s life are dead.” So Joseph got up, took the Child and His mother, and came into the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Then after being warned by God in a dream, he left for the regions of Galilee, and came and lived in a city called Nazareth. This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophets: “He shall be called a Nazarene.””

moving onto verse 3 our point about people not wanting him becomes very apparent. נִבְזֶה֙ וַחֲדַ֣ל אִישִׁ֔ים אִ֥ישׁ מַכְאֹב֖וֹת וִיד֣וּעַ חֹ֑לִי וּכְמַסְתֵּ֤ר פָּנִים֙ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ נִבְזֶ֖ה וְלֹ֥א חֲשַׁבְנֻֽהוּ׃

He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not. נִבְזֶה֙ equals despised. חֲדַ֣ל equals abandoned. His own people intensionally abandoned him, they left him, they did not care for him, so as a child he had it hard, he grew up in a ruff environment, and as a man was rejected by his own people. אִישִׁ֔ים equals man, again his own people as Jesus was also a man left him.we see another word also for man use in our text and that word is אִ֥ישׁ. מַכְאֹב֖וֹת equals pain or suffering. יד֣וּעַ equals to know, notice, hear of, learn; to realize.

Jesus would have known pain as a young boy, but he really knew it when he was rejected by the religious leaders. He did not want them to go to hell, but their obstinacy drove them to hell as they rejected Jesus and caused him physical pain on a cross. חֹ֑לִי equals sickness; suffering.

It’s interesting to note this detail, theres no record of Jesus getting sick, so how does this apply? Well he would take our sins and the Jews sins and the sins of the world onto himself and that would make him sick or unclean. Sin makes all of us unclean, it makes us sick and going to die in hell fire. We are unclean. מַסְתֵּ֤ר equals hiding or the act of hiding. Why did they hide their faces? Because their hearts were hard, it also was a curse for a man to hang on a tree or cross. He bore our sicknesses on himself on the cross, yet those Jews who crucified him were in Glee, they were so happy, the gentiles such as the Roman soldiers took his clothes as those who were crucified were naked. פָּנִים֙ equals faces נִבְזֶ֖ה equals to despise; חֲשַׁבְנ equals to weave; to respect, hold in high regard. Clearly they, the Jews, cared nothing for Jesus, they set out to kill him in a very short time of his public ministry because they did not respect him, they did not desire him and felt him unqualified to be their messiah.

‎ אָכֵ֤ן חֳלָיֵ֙נוּ֙ ה֣וּא נָשָׂ֔א וּמַכְאֹבֵ֖ינוּ סְבָלָ֑ם וַאֲנַ֣חְנוּ חֲשַׁבְנֻ֔הוּ נָג֛וּעַ מֻכֵּ֥ה אֱלֹהִ֖ים וּמְעֻנֶּֽה׃

Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted. חֳלָיֵ֙ equals sickness or suffering. The Jews gave him their sins in other words and how is eluded to in the next word. נָשָׂ֔א equals cary or to lift, and that is an illusion to the way he would die, he was lifted up and caried our sins on a cross. מַכְאֹבֵ֖י equals pain or to suffer. obviously hanging on a cross would be very painful and would be a lot of sufferings. סְבָלָ֑ equals to cary or support, remember when our Lord carried his own cross up Calvary’s hill? חֲשַׁבְנ equals to weave; to respect, hold in high regard; נָג֛וּעַ equals to touch or to touch violently witch fits the narrative of the gospel accounts of the trial and persecution, crucifixion and death of our Lord.מֻכֵּ֥ה equals to strike, again the gospels state they struck him with their fists.אֱלֹהִ֖ים equals God They believed God gave Jesus this sickness, but in reality he took their sins upon himself out of love for humanity, and for it was the Father’s will. מְעֻנֶּֽה to be humiliated, obviously the cross is humiliating yes, but it’s even werce with a person on it for our Lord would have ben nude as the victim was stripped of their clothes before going to the cross. Bugs, dogs and birds also could have eaten at our Lord as that was also encouraged by Rome, sometimes they would even bate the victim for that very reason.

moving onto verse 5. וְהוּא֙ מְחֹלָ֣ל מִפְּשָׁעֵ֔נוּ מְדֻכָּ֖א מֵעֲוֺנֹתֵ֑ינוּ מוּסַ֤ר שְׁלוֹמֵ֙נוּ֙ עָלָ֔יו וּבַחֲבֻרָת֖וֹ נִרְפָּא־לָֽנוּ׃ But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed. מְחֹלָ֣ל equals to pierce, wound פְּשָׁעֵ֔ equals wantonness; crime; wrongdoing; offence concerning property; misdemeanor. I am reminded of the twenty second psalm as I am reading through this. Sin was a crime obviously in the law of God, to sin was to go against the law. He was stabbed in the side, his hands and feet nailed to a cross for our wrong doings, our sins, our misconducts concerning the law. מְדֻכָּ֖א equals to crush, beat. The Romans beet him, he was hung on a cross, we are told he did not even resemble a man, it’s no wonder why, just look at what we’ve studied so far and then read the crucifixion accounts and it clicks so clearly theres no argument that can stand when taken in this context but that of Messianic prophecy completed through the blood of Jesus and the birth of Jesus.Jesus was born to die, he was born for the cross so that God’s will could be done, so that even a gentile like me could receive eternal life. עֲוֺנֹתֵ֑י equals punishment; misdeed, sin; guilt caused by sin. מוּסַ֤רequals discipline. שְׁלוֹמֵ֙ equals peace or welfare. חֲבֻרָת֖ equals wound or slash. נִרְפָּא equals to heal, repair, rebuild. this blog has taken several weeks and has ben written over said period, we continue that trend, moving onto verse 6 we find the Hebrew stating the following.

‎כֻּלָּ֙נוּ֙ כַּצֹּ֣אן תָּעִ֔ינוּ אִ֥ישׁ לְדַרְכּ֖וֹ פָּנִ֑ינוּ וַֽיהוָה֙ הִפְגִּ֣יעַ בּ֔וֹ אֵ֖ת עֲוֺ֥ן כֻּלָּֽנוּ׃ All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned — every one — to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all. כֻּלָּ֙ equals all or total. צֹּ֣אן equals sheep, flocks or goats. I actually would lean to the goats rendering myself knowing the nature of goats a little bit, I know they are very stupid, they will ignore voices unless the person has food, they will scrounge for anything including trash, however sheep listen to the shepherd, they listen and know the voice, goats will ignore them. This is an important detail as this means the profit equated them to stupid fools. It’s interesting because a few verses back, they assumed the messiah was the stupid fool, now the tables are turned as he hangs on the cross, apparently some of the Jews began to see just who it was they put to death. תָּעִ֔ינוּ equals to stagger; to wander about, err. what a contrast from just a few verses before, speaking personally for a moment, I can confidently say I would not have picked up on half these details without this word by word analysis of the text. to think they accused Jesus of being in airer and yet what do we see here? God clearly setting before the reader the fact that Jesus was on the right track, that Jesus was the son of God and that the Jews, the religious leaders, the ones who were educated, the rich and the powerful were clearly wrong. Yet a little boy born in a stable and was laid in a feeding trough, the little boy was correct as he was the son of God and a careful study of isiah 53 clearly tells us this little boy nameed Jesus was sent to earth to die for us on the cross. Why? because we were in our sins, we could not be good enough for the Lord because all have fallen short of the glory of God, so we need an atonement and this came in the form of Jesus Christ. אִ֥ישׁ equals man, each man then went on his own way and that way was sin for they denied the messiah a fair trial. דַרְכּ֖ equals way or road. פָּנִ֑ינוּ to turn to, towards, around or away יהוָה֙ equals Yahweh. הִפְגִּ֣יעַ equals to meet; to fall upon; to go pleading to; to press someone. this word speaks volumes, think about it, Here is God not needing anything and yet he uses people to give the gospel, the gospel is that Jesus was pressed by the court officials, hung on a cross and our sins fell upon him. Now we come to why he was given for a ransom. עֲוֺ֥ן equals punishment; misdeed, sin; guilt caused by sin. think about it, he took the punishment for our sins, every whip, every scourge, every nail hammered into his hand, every nail hammered into his foot, every time the soldiers hit him, every time they struck the crown of thorns, every time they spit upon him, THAT SHOULD HAVE BEN YOU AND ME. כֻּלָּֽ equals total, in all;. This is why we don’t have a work baced salvation, there it is before you, the reason why it’s not about us, but about him. He took everything upon himself. Do you worry about self Image? Give it to him, because he took it on the cross, do you have doubts about your future? give it to him, he took and bore it on the cross, have thoughts about self harm? he bore it on the cross, give it to him. Everything you or I struggle with, we should give it to God in prayer, he bore it all on the cross, Why did he say it is finished? Right there is the reason, because there is nothing anyone can do to earn his love, there is nothing anyone can do to earn their salvation, why? because he did it for you at the cross, it is finnished.

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‎. נִגַּ֨שׂ וְה֣וּא נַעֲנֶה֮ וְלֹ֣א יִפְתַּח־פִּיו֒ כַּשֶּׂה֙ לַטֶּ֣בַח יוּבָ֔ל וּכְרָחֵ֕ל לִפְנֵ֥י גֹזְזֶ֖יהָ נֶאֱלָ֑מָה וְלֹ֥א יִפְתַּ֖ח פִּֽיו׃

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth. נִגַּ֨שׂ equals to spur on; to force to work; to oppress. נַעֲנֶה֮. equals to humiliate; to oppress; to be wretched, emaciated; to cringe; to be crouched, hunched up, wretched, suffering; to bend, submit; to do violence to this ties in perfectly where the gospel accounts state he was beaten by the soldiers, by the gards, by the jews, then hung upon a cross, they oppressed him, they forced him to go where no man was meant to go. יִפְתַּח equals to open. Mar 15:1. And as soon as morning came, after formulating a plan, the chief priests, with the elders and scribes and the whole Sanhedrin, tied up Jesus, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate. Mar 15:2. And Pilate asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” And he answered him and said, “You say so.” Mar 15:3. And the chief priests began to accuse him of many things. Mar 15:4 So Pilate asked him again, saying, “Do you not answer anything? See how many charges they are bringing against you!”

Mar 15:5 But Jesus did not answer anything further, so that Pilate was astonished.

Pilate Delivers Jesus to Be Crucified

Mar 15:6 Now at each feast he customarily released for them one prisoner whom they requested.

Mar 15:7 And the one named Barabbas was imprisoned with the rebels who had committed murder in the rebellion.

Mar 15:8 And the crowd came up and began to ask him to do as he customarily did for them.

Mar 15:9 So Pilate answered them, saying, “Do you want me to release for you the king of the Jews?”

Mar 15:10 (For he realized that the chief priests had handed him over because of envy.)

Mar 15:11 But the chief priests incited the crowd so that he would release for them Barabbas instead.

Mar 15:12 So Pilate answered and said to them again, “Then what do you want me to do with the one whom you call the king of the Jews?”

Mar 15:13 And they shouted again, “Crucify him!”

Mar 15:14 And Pilate said to them, “Why? What evil has he done?” But they shouted even louder, “Crucify him!”

Mar 15:15 So Pilate, because he wanted to satisfy the crowd, released for them Barabbas. And after he had Jesus flogged, he handed him over so that he could be crucified.

Jesus Is Mocked

Mar 15:16 So the soldiers led him away into the palace (that is, the governor’s residence) and called together the whole cohort.

Mar 15:17 And they put a purple cloak on him, and after weaving a crown of thorns they placed it on him.

Mar 15:18 And they began to greet him, “Hail, king of the Jews!”

Mar 15:19 And they repeatedly struck him on the head with a reed, and were spitting on him, and they knelt down and did obeisance to him.

Mar 15:20 And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the purple cloak and put his own clothes on him, and they led him out so that they could crucify him.

The Crucifixion

Mar 15:21 And they forced a certain man who was passing by, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), who was coming from the country, to carry his cross.

Mar 15:22 And they brought him to the place Golgotha (which is translated “Place of a Skull”).

Mar 15:23 And they attempted to give him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it.

Mar 15:24 And they crucified him and divided his clothes among themselves by casting lots for them to see who should take what.

Mar 15:25 Now it was the third hour when they crucified him.

Mar 15:26 And the inscription of the charge against him was written, “The king of the Jews.”

Mar 15:27 And with him they crucified two robbers, one on his right and one on his left.

Mar 15:29 And those who passed by reviled him, shaking their heads and saying, “Aha! The one who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days,

Mar 15:30 save yourself by coming down from the cross!”

Mar 15:31 In the same way also the chief priests, along with the scribes, were mocking him to one another, saying, “He saved others; he is not able to save himself!

Mar 15:32 Let the Christ, the king of Israel, come down now from the cross, so that we may see and believe! Even those who were crucified with him were reviling him.

The Death of Jesus

Mar 15:33 And when the sixth hour came, darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour.

Mar 15:34 And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?” (which is translated, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”)

Mar 15:35 And some of the bystanders, when they heard it, said, “Behold, he is summoning Elijah!”

Mar 15:36 And someone ran and filled a sponge with sour wine, put it on a reed, and gave it to him to drink, saying, “Leave him alone! Let us see if Elijah is coming to take him down.”

Mar 15:37 But Jesus uttered a loud cry and expired.

Mar 15:38 And the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom.

Mar 15:39 And when the centurion who was standing opposite him saw that he expired like this, he said, “Truly this man was God’s Son!”

Mar 15:40 And there were also women observing from a distance, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and Joses, and Salome,

Mar 15:41 who used to follow him and serve him when he was in Galilee, and many other women who went up with him to Jerusalem.

Jesus Is Buried

Mar 15:42 And when it was already evening, since it was the day of preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath),

Mar 15:43 Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the council who was also himself looking forward to the kingdom of God, came acting courageously and went in to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus.

Mar 15:44 And Pilate was surprised that he was already dead, and summoning the centurion, asked him whether he had died already.

Mar 15:45 And when he learned of it from the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph.

Mar 15:46 And after purchasing a linen cloth and taking him down, he wrapped him in the linen cloth and placed him in a tomb that had been cut from the rock. And he rolled a stone over the entrance of the tomb.

Mar 15:47 Now Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where he was placed.

clearly Jesus did not open his mouth, the Jews knew what they were doing, I don’t see any other way to read isiah 53 other than it’s prophecy about Jesus witch then is finished in Jesus as recorded in the gospel accounts. Lets return to isiah 53 now and pick up where we left off. פִּי equals mouth, again see the prophecy in the old testament being brought to completion in Jesus? שֶּׂה֙ small livestock beast: sheep or goat טֶּ֣ טֶּ֣בַח slaughtering; butchery. יוּבָ֔ל equals to be brought or to bring. So here is Jesus, a man who was beaten, spit upon, brutally attacked both verbally and physically, and yet just willingly went to the cross, no questions asked, but why did he do it? because his drive to do the will of the Father who had sent him had compelled him to do it, and oh what wonderful love the Father has, but what love does Jesus have? the same as the Father for Jesus and the Father are both God, Jesus was God in the fleshd. רָחֵ֕ל equals ewe as in a ewe lamb. ever wonder where Jesus got the name Lamb of God? פְנֵ֥י equals head, front or face. גֹזְזֶ֖י to shear; to be cut off. Remember where it is written where Jesus states the following? My God, My God, why have you forsaken me? Right before he died, I think all the sins on the world were piled onto Jesus, he took everything upon himself, now God hates sin and I believe in that moment, God the Father turned his face away and somehow when Jesus said that he gave his soul to God and it is finished, somehow he got rid of the sins, after all, he is God and he knew what he was doing, that’s beyond me how that transfer from sin from us to Jesus and then somehow remaining sinless himself while still carrying our sins works.that right there by him taking our sins, being cut off from the Father for just a split second and then doing away with our sins and then being able to give himself back to the Father sinless again is proof that he is truly God in the flesh. נֶאֱלָ֑מָה equals to be tied, dumb while he was not tied, he was nailed to a cross so really either way the person would be immobile, he never spoke while being driven to the cross but once and that was to comfort a group of weeping ladies. יִפְתַּ֖ח equals to open פִּֽי equals mouth.

Isaiah 53:9

‎וַיִּתֵּ֤ן אֶת־רְשָׁעִים֙ קִבְר֔וֹ וְאֶת־עָשִׁ֖יר בְּמֹתָ֑יו עַ֚ל לֹא־חָמָ֣ס עָשָׂ֔ה וְלֹ֥א מִרְמָ֖ה בְּפִֽיו׃

And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth.

‎יִּתֵּ֤ן. equals to give; to hand down; place, lay; to allow‪.‬ רְשָׁעִים֙. equals guilty,

‎קִבְר֔. equals grave,

‎עָשִׁ֖יר. equals wealthy, or rich. בְּמֹתָ֑י. equals grave; back; mountain ridge, hill.

‎חָמָ֣ס. equals violence, wrong

‎עָשָׂ֔ה equals to make, manufacture; to do

‎מִרְמָ֖ה trick, fraud; disillusionment‪.‬ its interesting because he was placed in a rich man‪’‬s tomb‪,‬ there was no tricks on his part‪,‬ look at how all this lines up so well‪.‬

‎פִֽי equals opening; mouth; mouthful,

Isaiah 53:10

‎וַיהוָ֞ה חָפֵ֤ץ דַּכְּאוֹ֙ הֶֽחֱלִ֔י אִם־תָּשִׂ֤ים אָשָׁם֙ נַפְשׁ֔וֹ יִרְאֶ֥ה זֶ֖רַע יַאֲרִ֣יךְ יָמִ֑ים וְחֵ֥פֶץ יְהוָ֖ה בְּיָד֥וֹ יִצְלָֽח׃

Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

‎יהוָ֞ה. equals Yahweh‪.‬.

‎חָפֵ֤ץ equals to be willing, inclined; to take pleasure or delight in, desire. דַּכְּא equals to crush, beat;

‎הֶֽחֱלִ֔י. to grow weak, tired; to fall sick, be ill; to feel pain.

‎תָּשִׂ֤ים equals to lay, or to set.

‎אָשָׁם֙ equals guilt; or guilt-offering; restitution; gift of atonement, compensation

how vary interesting, Jesus as we clearly see thats who this is talking about is sent by the Father to pay our sin debt, yes we knew this from the gospels but it cant be any more expressed that this was planned out from the beginning than it is for it to snow in North America in the Wintertime. Clearly this was planned and if one did not believe it from the gospel accounts all the would have to do is to turn to this chapter rite here in the bible.

‎נַפְשׁ֔ equals life;‪ or soul.‬

‎יִרְאֶ֥ה equals to see; to understand; to spy‪. ‬

‎זֶ֖רַע equals seed; offspring, descendants

the seed of christianity stemmed from Jesus’s blood at the cross. to think we are the seed of the Lord, that brings us into the line of Abraham but from the line of Jesus. Interesting to think, actually the book of Hebrews has something to say about this.

14 Inasmuch then as we [believers] have a great High Priest who has [already ascended and] passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession [of faith and cling tenaciously to our absolute trust in Him as Savior]. 15 For we do not have a High Priest who is unable to sympathize and understand our weaknesses and temptations, but One who has been tempted [knowing exactly how it feels to be human] in every respect as we are, yet without [committing any] sin. 16 Therefore let us [with privilege] approach the throne of grace [that is, the throne of God’s gracious favor] with confidence and without fear, so that we may receive mercy [for our failures] and find [His amazing] grace to help in time of need [an appropriate blessing, coming just at the right moment]. we are from the line of ]Melchizedek. Read Hebrews 5..

‎יַאֲרִ֣יךְ equals to be, become long; to make long.

‎יָמִ֑ים. equals day; daylight.

‎חֵ֥פֶץ. equals wish; joy, delight; matter, business

‎יְהוָ֖ה equals Yahweh

‎יָד equals unit; forearm, hand‪.‬

‎יִצְלָֽח. equals to cross; to succeed, be successful‪.‬

It was the will of the Father to crush Jesus so that the seed of Christ could grow, in other words so the gentiles and the Jews could be united. into one body, that of Jesus the Christ.

Isaiah 53:11

‎מֵעֲמַ֤ל נַפְשׁוֹ֙ יִרְאֶ֣ה יִשְׂבָּ֔ע בְּדַעְתּ֗וֹ יַצְדִּ֥יק צַדִּ֛יק עַבְדִּ֖י לָֽרַבִּ֑ים וַעֲוֺנֹתָ֖ם ה֥וּא יִסְבֹּֽל׃

Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.

‎עֲמַ֤ל equals acquisition; harm; trouble; care, anxiety; need.Remember when Jesus was praying in the garden, as I was reading through the Hebrew, thats what image this draws up in my mind. God the Father hearing Jesus’s cries of anguish knowing he would soon be crushed for humanity’s sins.

‎נַפְשׁ. Equals life or soul or breath. to me this is an interesting word choice because we see a similar word in the Greek New testament.‬

‎יִרְאֶ equals to see; to understand‪.‬

‎יִשְׂבָּ֔ע equals to satisfy; to eat or drink one’s fill; to satisfy oneself, have enough.knowledge

‎דַעְתּ֗ equals sweat

‎יַצְדִּ֥יק equals to be in the right, be right; to be just

‎צַדִּ֛יק. equals just; innocent, in the right; upright, devout‪.‬.

‎עַבְדִּ֖ equals servant; or slave‪.‬

‎רַבִּ֑ים equals great; numerous, many‪.‬

so through the pain of the cross, through the pain of baring our sins Jesus the suffering servant or slave of God would bring many to salvation but at a price of being crushed or put to death on a cross. he would bare it willingly however for out of his suffering and won man’s death, many would come to believe in God especially after the resurrection.

‎עֲוֺנֹת. equals punishment; misdeed, sin; guilt caused by sin‪.‬ of corse it was not his sin but ours he took upon himself at the cross‪,‬ this is why his soul had to be crushed‪,‬ this is why he had to be crushed‪,‬ but Jesus knew what was ahead‪,‬ so he could wrest on the cross knowing he could and was doing his Father‪’‬s will‪. He knew once he was killed for our sins that many would believe because he knew what was going to happen, he knew death was not the end. ‬

‎יִסְבֹּֽל equals to carry; to support‪.‬

Isaiah 53:12

‎לָכֵ֞ן אֲחַלֶּק־ל֣וֹ בָרַבִּ֗ים וְאֶת־עֲצוּמִים֮ יְחַלֵּ֣ק שָׁלָל֒ תַּ֗חַת אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֶעֱרָ֤ה לַמָּ֙וֶת֙ נַפְשׁ֔וֹ וְאֶת־פֹּשְׁעִ֖ים נִמְנָ֑ה וְהוּא֙ חֵטְא־רַבִּ֣ים נָשָׂ֔א וְלַפֹּשְׁעִ֖ים יַפְגִּֽיעַ׃

Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.

‎לָכֵ֞ן. equals therefore; assuredly; in return. אֲחַלֶּק. equals to divide, apportion, distribute; to share with, partner with.

‎רַבִּ֗ים equals great; numerous, many‪.‬

‎עֲצוּמִים֮ equals mighty. יְחַלֵּ֣ק equals to divide, apportion, distribute; to share with, partner with‪.‬.

‎שָׁלָל֒ equals gain‪.‬.

‎תַּ֗חַת equals what is located) underneath, below.

‎הֶעֱרָ֤ה equals to reveal; to uncover; to expose; to pour out, empty‪.‬

‎מָּ֙וֶת֙ equals death, dying; deadly disease, epidemic, the plague,

Here Jesus has bore our sins, has gone to the realm of the dead, has bore our sicknesses or sins, has ben placed in a rich mans tomb. why? well, we shall see later on in the verse. however I want to say that here we can see how in the future he’ll be treated like a woman criminal yet he has done no wrong. the gospels clearly indicate a prophetic message is being completed, here it is, and this is only won of the amazing prophecies completed in the person of Jesus the Christ. there are over 100 prophecies that Jesus completed, the likelihood of won man doing all that is 6000,000,000,000,000 to 1 that he could do that, in other words impossible unless Jesus was who he claimed to be in the gospels and unless God is allowing us to misunderstand this prophetic passage. lets continue our study.

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‎נַפְשׁ֔ equals life; people or soul; breath‪.‬

‎פֹּשְׁעִ֖ים. equals to behave as a criminal‪.‬ The Jews intentionally reviled this man and clearly had every conceivable idea to put this man to death‪,‬ why‪?‬ John 3 tells us that men love the darkness meaning their sins than they love the light and that light is Jesus the Christ‪.‬ so men revile the light because they are content living in their sins and their ego and their pride‪.‬ simply put sin drove the Jews and the romans and even the gentiles who were there to kill Jesus‪.‬

‎נִמְנָ֑ה equals to divide into parts, count; to reckon as; to count out, remit; to apportion, allot; to send, appoint‪.‬ God the Father gave Jesus the world if the world will just make the choice to follow Jesus or not‪.‬ salvation no longer belongs to the Jew‪,‬ but belongs to anyone who will put their life into the hands of Jesus‪.‬ why‪?‬ because God gave humanity over to its sins and Jesus gladly bore it all because he loves us so much he willingly gave his life for you and me‪.‬.

‎חֵטְא equals sin; offence; guilt.

‎רַבִּ֣ים equals great; numerous, many‪.‬.

‎נָשָׂ֔א. equals to carry; to lift, lift up; to raise;

‎ פֹּשְׁעִ֖ים. equals to behave as a criminal‪.‬.

‎יַפְגִּֽיעַ. equals to meet; to fall upon; to go pleading to; to press someone

So lets look at what we’ve talked about. Jesus was denied by his own tribe or family, he was viewed as a crazy teacher who had no shot at being the messiah, they hated him from a young age , 30 is rather young and more than likely when they started hating him but no doubt he had a hard life even before that. he was accustom to pain and suffering, he was sentenced to die by his own people , he was treated like a common criminal. He was given a criminals death, he was stripped of his clothes and all human dignity and did it willingly. why would anyone go through all that for sinners? Because God wanted to bring the world not just the jews to himself, thats the simple answer. the point is this, he went through this willingly for us. our text says he was given a reward, what was that reward? you and me through his blood can receive eternal life if we just put our faith and trust in Jesus Christ.

God so loved the world that he gave his won and only son that who ever believes in him shall not parish but have ever lasting life.