Isaiah 53:2
When he came up as a sapling before him. And as a root-sprout out of dry ground, He had neither beauty nor majesty,—When we beheld him, there was nothing to behold, that we should desire him;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
1Who believed what we have heard? And, the arm of Yahweh, to whom was it revealed?
Cross References
Isaiah 11:1But there shall come forth a shoot from the stock of Jesse,—And, a sprout from his roots, shall bear fruit;
Jeremiah 23:5Lo! days are coming, Declareth Yahweh, when I will raise up to David A righteous Bud, And he shall reign as king, and prosper, And shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Zechariah 6:12then shalt thou speak unto him, saying, Thus, speaketh Yahweh of hosts, saying,—Lo! a man! Bud, is his name, and, out of his own place, shall he bud forth, and shall build the temple of Yahweh;
Mark 9:12And, he, said unto them—Elijah, indeed, coming first, restoreth all things; and yet, how is it written, regarding the Son of Man, that, many things, he must suffer, and be set at nought?
Luke 2:39And, when they had finished all things that were according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, into their own city, Nazareth.
Luke 9:58And Jesus said unto him—the foxes, have, dens, and, the birds of heaven, nests; but, the Son of Man, hath not where, his head, he may recline.
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 →