Isaiah 53:3

He is despised and chadal ishim (rejected by men); 1 a man of sorrows, and acquainted with suffering; 1 and we hid as it were our faces from him; 1 he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2For 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

4Surely he hath borne our sufferings, 1 and nasah (carried) + 53:4 Lv 16:22; Isa 53:12 our sorrows; 1 yet we did esteem him stricken, + 53:4 i.e., like a leper is stricken 1 smitten of G-d, + 53:4 See Dt 21:23 and afflicted. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 22:6They cried unto Thee, and were delivered; 1 they had bitachon in Thee, and were not disappointed. 1

Psalms 69:10For kinas Beitcha (zeal for Thy House) hath consumed me; 1 and the cherpot of them that scorned Thee are fallen upon me. + 69:10 Yn 2:17 1

Psalms 69:29Let them be blotted out of the Sefer Chayyim, 1 and not be recorded with the tzaddikim. 1

Isaiah 49:7Thus saith Hashem, 1 the Go'el Yisroel, and His Kadosh, 1 to Him of despised nefesh, + 49:7 See 53:3,11 1 to Him whom the Goy + 49:7 i.e., Israel; see Isa 53:3,8 (Nation) abhorreth, 1 to the Eved Moshelim: 1 Melachim shall see and arise, 1 Sarim also shall worship, + 49:7 52:15 1 because of Hashem Who is Ne'eman 1 and the Kadosh Yisroel, that hath chosen Thee. 1

Isaiah 53:4Surely he hath borne our sufferings, 1 and nasah (carried) + 53:4 Lv 16:22; Isa 53:12 our sorrows; 1 yet we did esteem him stricken, + 53:4 i.e., like a leper is stricken 1 smitten of G-d, + 53:4 See Dt 21:23 and afflicted. 1

Micah 5:1But thou, Beit-Lechem Ephratah, 1 though thou be little among the Alphei Yehudah (Thousands of Yehudah), 1 yet out of thee shall He + 5:1 Moshiach come forth unto Me + 5:1 Hashem 1 that is to be Moshel Yisroel; 1 whose goings forth + 5:1 (i.e. origins) have been mikedem (from everlasting), + 5:1 See Hab 1:12 1 mimei olam (from the days of eternity). 1

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 →

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