Isaiah 53:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. ”

Isaiah 53:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

He was oppressed - ( נגשׂ niggas' ). Lowth renders this, ‘It was exacted.’ Hengstenberg, ‘He was abased.’ Jerome (the Vulgate), ‘He was offered because he was willing.’ The Septuagint ‘He, on a...
Isaiah 53:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he (k) opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. (k) But wil...
Isaiah 53:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 52:13 - Isaiah 53:12 . The Vindication of the Servant of Yahweh (the fourth of the Songs of the Servant of Yahweh). Isaiah 52:13-15 . Yahweh announces that His Servant Israel shall be...
Isaiah 53:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

oppressed: or, hard pressed. opened not His mouth. Idiom for silence and submission. Compare 1 Peter 2:22 ; 1 Peter 2:23 . He is brought. Quoted in Acts 8:32 ; Acts 8:33 . a lamb. Comp...
Isaiah 53:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7. He was punished. Here the Prophet applauds the obedience of Christ in suffering death; for if his death had not been voluntary, he would not have been regarded as having satisfied for our...
Isaiah 53:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 970 CHRIST’S BEHAVIOUR UNDER HIS SUFFERINGS Isaiah 53:7 . He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened, not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a shee...
Isaiah 53:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
Isaiah 53:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He was oppressed, &c.— It was exacted, and he engaged for, or, and he answered it, and opened not his mouth, &c. Or, The debt was demanded, &c. Chandler: who remarks, that thus th...
Isaiah 53:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. He was...
Isaiah 53:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-3. The tenses are past (prophetic perfect), the future being viewed as already accomplished.
Isaiah 53:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He was afflicted... — More accurately, He let himself be afflicted, as implying the voluntary acceptance of the suffering. Opened not his mouth. — The silence of absolute acquiescence, as in...
Isaiah 53:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Rejected and Suffering Redeemer Isaiah 53:1-12 The common lot of man may be summed up in three words: suffering, sin, and death. Our Lord, the Divine Servant, presents a notable exception t...
Isaiah 53:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

We begin our reading here because the last three verses of chapter 52 so evidently belong to chapter 53. In this section the prophet describes the completion and issue of the suffering of the Servant...
Isaiah 53:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted ,.... He was injuriously treated by the Jews; they used him very ill, and handled him very roughly; he was oppressed and afflicted, both in body and mind, with...
Isaiah 53:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. Ver. 7. He w...
Isaiah 53:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

He was oppressed By the intolerable weight of his sufferings, and he was afflicted By the most pungent pain and sorrow. Or, as the Hebrew נגשׁ הוא נענה, is rendered by Bishop Lowth and others, I...
Isaiah 53:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Humiliation of the Messiah. B. C. 706. 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carr...
Isaiah 53:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted; he was sorely punished for our sins. But there is another translation, which seems to be more emphatical, and more agreeable to the Hebrew text; It (to wit...
Isaiah 53:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘He was oppressed, yet he humbled himself, And did not open his mouth, As a lamb who is led to the slaughter, And as a sheep which before her shearers is dumb, Yes, he did not open his mouth. By...
Isaiah 53:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE GREAT MESSIANIC PROPHECY Isaiah 53:2-12 . For He shall grow up before Him, &c. Among the prophecies of Isaiah, that which is contained in the chapter before us stands eminent and illustr...
Isaiah 53:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 53:7 St. Peter makes it almost a description of the Christian, that he loves Him whom he has not seen; speaking of Christ, he says, "Whom having not seen, ye love." Unless we have a true lo...
Isaiah 53:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 53:1 . Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? It is sometimes the lot of God's most faithful servants to labour unsuccessfully. As old Thomas Fuller qua...
Isaiah 53:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 53:1 . Who hath believed our report; and to whom is (the Messiah) the mighty arm of the Lord revealed? This complaint of the servants is but the plaintive echo of their Master's voice....
Isaiah 53:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Who hath believed our report? The Messiah referred to in Isaiah 53:1-12 By some it has been supposed, in ancient times and in modern, that the prophet was referring to the sufferings of the n...
Isaiah 53:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE PASSIONAL , OR THE GREAT PROPHECY OF THE SUFFERINGS OF CHRIST , AND OF HIS LATER EXALTATION . Polycarp the Lysian calls this chapter "the golden passi...
Isaiah 53:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 1. Who hath believed our report? Who puts faith in that which he hears from us, the messengers of the Lord? And to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? The evangelist of the Old Testament, in...
Isaiah 53:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 2:23 ; Acts 8:32 ; Acts 8:33 ; John 19:9 ; Luke 23:9 ; Mark 14:61 ; Mark 15:5 ; Matthew 26:63 ; Matthew 27:12-14
Isaiah 53:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Substitution of the Saviour A Study of Isaiah 53:1-12 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The fifty-third chapter of Isaiah is called the Great Calvary Chapter. The chapter, however, goes back of Calv...
Isaiah 53:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

He opened not — He neither murmured against God, nor reviled men.

Isaiah 53:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 53:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 53:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 53:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 53:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 53:7 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Isaiah 53:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 53:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 53:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 53:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 53:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 53:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 53:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 53:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 53:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 53:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 53:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 53:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 53:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 53:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 53:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 53:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 53:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 53:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 53:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 53:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 53:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 53:7 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Isaiah 53:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes