Isaiah 53:2
For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, 1 and as a Shoresh (Root, Shoresh Yishai, Moshiach Ben Dovid) + 53:2 Isa 11:1,10 , Sanhedrin93b out of a dry ground; 1 he hath no form nor comeliness; 1 and when we shall see him, 1 there is no beauty that we should desire + 53:2 Hag 2:7 him. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
1Who hath believed our report? 1 And to whom is the Zero'a Hashem + 53:1 Isa 52:10 revealed? 1
Cross References
Isaiah 11:1And there shall come forth a Khoter (Branch) out of the Geza (Stem, Stump, Stock) of Yishai, 1 and a Netzer + 11:1 Netzer — see Tzemach, Moshiach Jer 23:5; 33:15; Zech 3:8; 6:12; Ezra 3:8; which give as Moshiachʼs Namesake Yehoshua/Yeshua; compare Mt 2:23 (Branch) shall bear fruit of his roots: 1
Jeremiah 23:5Hinei, the days come, saith Hashem, that I will raise up unto Dovid a Tzemach Tzaddik, + 23:5 i.e., Moshiach Ben Dovid Yehoshua, see 30:9; 33:15; Zech 3:8; Ezra 3:8; Zech 6:11-12; Mt 2:23; Isa 4:2; 9:2-7; 11:1-12; 53:2,11 ; Moshiach the new “Joshua” Isa 49:8 and a Melech shall reign and act wisely, and shall execute mishpat and tzedakah in ha'aretz.
Zechariah 6:12And speak unto him, saying: 1 Thus saith Hashem Tzva'os: 1 Hinei Ish, TZEMACH Shmo; + 6:12 Yehoshua is said to be the namesake of the coming Moshiach Ben Dovid; see Ezra 3:8 for the Aramaic translation of Yehoshuaʼs name, Yeshua; see Jer 23:5; 30:9; 33:15; Ezra 3:8; Zech 3:8; Mt 2:23; Isa 4:2; 9:2-7; 11:1-12; 53:2,11 ; Moshiach the new “Joshua” Isa 49:8 1 and out of his place yitzmach (he [Moshiach] shall sprout up), + 6:12 Isa 53:2 1 and he shall build the Heikhal Hashem. 1
Mark 9:12And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, Eliyahu Hanavi indeed does come rishonah and brings tikkun (restoration) to all things. And yet how is it written of the Bar Enosh + 9:12 Moshiach that he must suffer many things and be NIVZEH VACHADAL + 9:12 Isa 53:3 (despised and rejected)?
Luke 2:39And when they had been shomer mitzvot and completed everything according to the Torat Hashem, they returned to the Galil and to their own shtetl of Natzeret.
Luke 9:58And Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach said to him, Foxes have dens, and the OPH HASHOMAYIM + 9:58 Job 7:13-14 (birds of heaven) have nests, but the Bar Enosh + 9:58 Moshiach, Dan 7:13-14 does not have a place where he may lay down 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 →