Isaiah 53:2
And he shall grow up as a tender plant before him, and as a root out of a thirsty ground: there is no beauty in him, nor comeliness: and we have seen him, and there was no sightliness, that we should be desirous of him:
Douay-Rheims 1899
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In Context
1Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
Cross References
Isaiah 11:1And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root.
Jeremiah 23:5Behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will raise up to David a just branch: and a king shall reign, and shall be wise, and shall execute judgement and justice in the earth.
Zechariah 6:12And thou shalt speak to him, saying: Thus saith the Lord of hosts, saying: BEHOLD A MAN, THE ORIENT IS HIS NAME: and under him shall he spring up, and shall build a temple to the Lord.
Mark 9:12But I say to you, that Elias also is come, (and they have done to him whatsoever they would,) as it is written of him.
Luke 2:39And after they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their city Nazareth.
Luke 9:58Jesus said to him: The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 53:2-4
The Humiliation of the Messiah. ( b. c. 706.) 1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed? 2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him. 3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. The prophet, in the close of the… Read the whole commentary →