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.
Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him
stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
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.
All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—everyone to his own way; and
the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
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.
By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who
considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the
transgression of my people?
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.
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.
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.
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.
I have been doing a personal study of Exodus, God story of redemption of His
people and the significance of the Passover. The above portion of scripture is
from Isaiah 53. It is humbling
when we see the cost of grace and our benefit. Our Lord now lives and intercedes
for us. Our hope is in the resurrection
of our Lord. Our Lord is our Passover lamb (1 Corinthians 5).
We humbly kneel in awe Lord Jesus and
thank you.
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