Isaiah 53:4

Surely 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

In Context

3He 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

5But he was pierced + 53:5 Isa 51:9; Zech 12:10 Sukkah 52a, Ps 22:17 Targum Hashivim for our transgressions, 1 he was bruised mei'avonoteinu (for our iniquities); 1 the musar (chastisement) that brought us shalom + 53:5 Isa 54:10 was upon him [Moshiach]; 1 and at the cost of his [Moshiachʼs] chaburah (stripes, lacerations) we are healed. 1

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Cross References

Numbers 7:45One young bull, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for an olah (burnt offering);

Psalms 69:26Let their habitation be desolate; 1 and let none dwell in their ohalim. + 69:26 See Ac 1:20 1

Isaiah 53:5But he was pierced + 53:5 Isa 51:9; Zech 12:10 Sukkah 52a, Ps 22:17 Targum Hashivim for our transgressions, 1 he was bruised mei'avonoteinu (for our iniquities); 1 the musar (chastisement) that brought us shalom + 53:5 Isa 54:10 was upon him [Moshiach]; 1 and at the cost of his [Moshiachʼs] chaburah (stripes, lacerations) we are healed. 1

Matthew 8:17Thus was fulfilled what was spoken by Yeshayah the Navi, saying, ACHEN CHOLAYEINU HU NASA UMACHOVEINU SVALAM + 8:17 Isa 53:4 (Surely he took up our sicknesses and he carried away + 8:17 T.N. like the Yom Kippur sa'ir l'Azazel scapegoat kapporah our sorrows).

John 19:7In reply, those of Yehudah said, We have a Torah and, according to the Torah, he must die, + 19:7 Lv 24:16 because he made himself to be the Ben HaElohim.

Hebrews 9:28So he, having been offered up once in order that HU NASA CHET RABBIM + 9:28 Isa 53:12 (he bore away the sin of many) and shall appear sheynit (a second time) for Yeshu'at Eloheinu without reference to chet for those who expectantly khakeh levo'o shel (await the arrival of) Moshiach.

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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