Isaiah 53:3
He was despised and rejected by people; a man of sorrows, and one familiar with pain. 1 Like one from whom men hide their faces, he was despised; and we considered him insignificant. 1
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Psalms 22:6But I am a worm and not a man, 1 a disgrace to humanity and despised by the people. 1
Psalms 69:10When I wept and did not eat food, 1 they insulted me. 1
Psalms 69:29But I am poor and sorrowful; 1 let your salvation, God, set me up on high. 1
Isaiah 49:7This is what Yahweh says, the Redeemer of Israel, their Holy One, 1 to the one whose life is despised, hated by the nations, and a slave of rulers, 1 “Kings will see you and arise, and princes will see you and bow down, 1 because of Yahweh who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.” 1
Isaiah 53:4But surely he has borne our sicknesses and carried our sorrows; 1 yet we thought he was being punished by God, struck by God, and afflicted. 1
Micah 5:1Now come together in battle ranks, 1 daughter of soldiers; 1 the soldiers have set up a siege around city, 1 with a rod they will strike the judge of Israel 1 on the cheek. + 5:1 Instead of come together in battle ranks , some interpreters translate cut yourselves , referring to the pagan practice of cutting oneself while praying to idols. Also, some modern versions follow an ancient version that reads build up your fortifications . 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 →