Isaiah 53:2

And he shall go up as a rod before him, and as a root from [the] thirsty land. And neither shape neither fairness was to him; and we saw him, and no beholding was; and we desired him, (And he shall grow up like a rod before the Lord, and like a root from the thirsty land. And neither shape nor beauty was to him; and when we saw him, there was no comeliness to him, so that we would desire him;)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1Who believed to our hearing? (or Who hath believed our report?) and to whom is the arm of the Lord showed?

3despised, and the last of men, a man of sorrows, and knowing sickness. And his cheer was as hid (from us), and despised; wherefore and we areckoned not him. (he was despised, and the last of men, a man of sorrows, and knowing of suffering. And we hid our faces from him, for we despised him, and regarded him as if he was nothing, or of no account.)

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Cross References

Isaiah 11:1And a rod shall go out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall ascend (out) of the root of it.

Jeremiah 23:5Lo! days come, saith the Lord, and I shall raise a just burgeoning, either seed, to David; and he shall reign a king, and he shall be wise, and he shall make doom and rightfulness in earth. (Behold! days come, saith the Lord, and I shall raise up a just Burgeoning, (or a descendant), of David; and he shall reign a King, and he shall be wise, and he shall make judgement and righteousness in all the land or and he shall make Law and justice in all the land.)

Zechariah 6:12and shalt speak to him, and say, The Lord of hosts saith these things, saying, Lo! a man, Coming forth, either Born, is his name, and under him it shall spring. And he shall build a temple to the Lord, (and shalt speak to him, and say, The Lord of hosts saith these things, saying, Behold! a man whose name (is) The Branch shall come forth, and shall spring up. And he shall rebuild the Temple of the Lord,)

Mark 9:12And he answered, and said to them, When Elias cometh (or When Elijah shall come), he shall first restore all things; and as it is written of man’s Son, that he suffer many things, and be despised.

Luke 2:39And as they had full done all things [or And as they had perfectly done all things], after the law of the Lord, they turned again into Galilee, into their city Nazareth, (or they returned to Galilee, to their city of Nazareth).

Luke 9:58And Jesus said to him, Foxes have dens [or ditches], and (the) birds of the air have nests, but man’s Son hath not where he [shall] rest his head.

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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