from prison and from judgment, &c.. by constraint and by sentence He was taken away.
who shall declare His generation?. as to the men of His age [i.e. His contemporaries!, who ponders, or considers as to this seed, seeing He is to be "cut off"? Compare Isaiah 53:10.
cutoff. Compare Daniel 9:26. Thus the climax of this prophecy is reached: (1). hint (Isaiah 42:4); (2) open lament (Isaiah 49:4); (3) personal suffering (Isaiah 50:6); now (4). violent death (Isaiah 53:8).