Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put [him] to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong [his] days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
Ver. 10. Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him.] Singula verba hie expendenda sunt cum emphasi, saith one. a Here every word hath its weight, and it is very sure that the apostles and evangelists, in describing the mysteries of our salvation, have great respect as to this whole chapter of Isaiah, so especially to these three last verses. And it must needs be that the prophet, when he wrote these things, was indued with a very great Spirit; because herein he so clearly setteth forth the Lord Christ in his twofold estate of humiliation and of exaltation, that whereas other oracles of the Old Testament borrow light from the New, this chapter lendeth light to the New in several places.
He hath put him to grief.] Or, He suffered him to be put to pain. See Acts 2:23; Acts 4:28. God the Father had a main hand in his Son's sufferings, and that out of his free mercy, Joh 3:16 for the good of many.
When thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin.] Compare 2 Corinthians 5:20, "He made him sin for us that knew no sin." Our sins were laid upon him, as the sins of him that sacrificed were laid upon the beast; which was thereby made the sinner, as it were, and the man righteous. Christ's soul suffered also. Mat 26:38 It was undequaque tristis, surrounded with sorrows, and heavy as heart could hold. This sacrifice of his was truly expiatory and satisfactory. Compare Hebrews 10:1,2 .
He shall see his seed.] Bring many sons to God, Hebrews 2:10 ; Heb 2:13 Isa 53:8 a holy seed, the Church of the New Testament to the end of the world, Psa 72:17 filiabitur nomine eius. The name of Christ shall endure for ever; it shall be begotten as one generation is begotten of another. There shall be a succession of Christ's name, till time shall be no more. b
And the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.] He came to send fire on the earth, which while he lived upon earth was already kindled. Luk 12:49 This some interpret as the gospel, which how wonderfully it spread and prospered, the evangelical and ecclesiastical histories testify.
a Hyper.
b Parit dum perit, et perit dum parit. - Phaenicis aenigma.