Isaiah 53:7

He was oppressed; yet when he humbled himself, he did not open his mouth; 1 as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is silent, 1 so he did not open his mouth. 1

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In The King James Version

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

In Context

6We all like sheep have gone astray; we have each turned to his own way, 1 and Yahweh has placed on him the iniquity of us all. 1

8By coercion and judgment he was condemned; who from that generation thought anymore about him? 1 But he was cut off from the land of the living; because of the offenses of my people the penalty was put on him. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 38:15Surely I wait for you, Yahweh; 1 you will answer, Lord my God. 1

Matthew 26:63But Jesus was silent. The high priest said to him, “I command you by the living God, tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God.”

Mark 14:61But he was silent and answered nothing. Again the high priest questioned him and said, “Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?”

Luke 23:9Herod questioned Jesus in many words, but Jesus answered him nothing.

Acts 8:32Now the passage of the scripture which the Ethiopian was reading was this, 1 “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, 1 and like a lamb before his shearer is silent, 1 so he did not open his mouth. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 53:5-10

The Humiliation of the Messiah. ( b. c. 706.) 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened… Read the whole commentary →

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