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53
1 Who hath believed our report?
And to whom is the Zero'a Hashem*Isa 52:10 revealed?
2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant,
and as a Shoresh (Root, Shoresh Yishai, Moshiach Ben Dovid)†Isa 11:1,10, Sanhedrin93b 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‡Hag 2:7 him.
3 He is despised and chadal ishim (rejected by men);
a man of sorrows, and acquainted with suffering;
and we hid as it were our faces from him;
he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he hath borne our sufferings,
and nasah (carried)§Lv 16:22; Isa 53:12 our sorrows;
yet we did esteem him stricken,*i.e., like a leper is stricken
smitten of G-d,†See Dt 21:23 and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced‡Isa 51:9; Zech 12:10 Sukkah 52a, Ps 22:17 Targum Hashivim for our transgressions,
he was bruised mei'avonoteinu (for our iniquities);
the musar (chastisement) that brought us shalom§Isa 54:10 was upon him [Moshiach];
and at the cost of his [Moshiachʼs] chaburah (stripes, lacerations) we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned every one to his own derech*see Prov 16:25(way);
and Hashem hath laid on him†Moshiach
the avon (iniquity, the guilt that separates from G-d) of us all.
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
yet he opened not his mouth;
he is brought as a seh‡see Ex 12:3(lamb) to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb,
so he openeth not his mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment;
and who of his generation declared?
For he was cut off§Dan 9:26; Lv 17:10 out of Eretz Chayyim*this refers to the mot of Moshiach Ben Dovid, see v.12
mipesha ami (for the transgression of my people [Yisroel]),
nega†cf. Ps 91:10(plague) lamo ([fell] on him).‡i.e., Moshiach; in light of Ps 11:7 and Job 22:2 we are warranted in saying the suffix is a singular, “him,” not “them”. Cf Gn 9:26-27; Dt 33:2; Isa 44:15; also compare 1Chr 21:17
9 And he made his kever (grave) with the resha'im,
and with the oisher§see Mt 27:57-60(rich man) bemotayv (in his deaths, intensive plural should be translated singular, death);
because he had done no chamas (violence),
neither was any mirmah (deceit) in his mouth.*We stray as sheep; we return in Moshiach as children (zera); the Techiyas HaMoshiach (Resurrection of Moshiach) predicted in v. 10 Dead Sea Scrolls Isaiah Scroll says Moshiach “will see the light [of life];” see also the Targum HaShivim
10 Yet it pleased Hashem to bruise him;
He hath put him to suffering;
when Thou shalt make his nefesh an asham offering for sin,
he (Moshiach) shall see zera,†See Psalm 16 and Yn 1:12
He shall prolong his yamim (days)
and the chefetz Hashem(pleasure, will of Hashem) shall prosper in his‡Moshiachʼs hand.
11 He§Hashem shall see of the travail of his*Moshiachʼs nefesh, and shall be satisfied;
by knowledge of him†Moshiach
shall Tzadik Avdi (My Righteous Servant)‡Moshiach, Zech 3:8, Jer 23:5; Zech 6:11-12, Ezra 3:8 Yehoshua, Yeshua shmo justify many;§Ro 5:1
for he*Moshiach shall bear their avon (iniquities).
12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great,
and he shall divide the spoil with the strong;
because he hath poured out his nefesh unto mavet (death);
and he was numbered with the transgressors;
and he nasah†Lv 16:22(bore) [like the Yom Kippur scapegoat] the sin of many,
and made intercession‡did the work of a mafgi'a, intercessor for the transgressors.§See Lk 23:34

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*53:1 Isa 52:10

†53:2 Isa 11:1,10, Sanhedrin93b

‡53:2 Hag 2:7

§53:4 Lv 16:22; Isa 53:12

*53:4 i.e., like a leper is stricken

†53:4 See Dt 21:23

‡53:5 Isa 51:9; Zech 12:10 Sukkah 52a, Ps 22:17 Targum Hashivim

§53:5 Isa 54:10

*53:6 see Prov 16:25

†53:6 Moshiach

‡53:7 see Ex 12:3

§53:8 Dan 9:26; Lv 17:10

*53:8 this refers to the mot of Moshiach Ben Dovid, see v.12

†53:8 cf. Ps 91:10

‡53:8 i.e., Moshiach; in light of Ps 11:7 and Job 22:2 we are warranted in saying the suffix is a singular, “him,” not “them”. Cf Gn 9:26-27; Dt 33:2; Isa 44:15; also compare 1Chr 21:17

§53:9 see Mt 27:57-60

*53:9 We stray as sheep; we return in Moshiach as children (zera); the Techiyas HaMoshiach (Resurrection of Moshiach) predicted in v. 10 Dead Sea Scrolls Isaiah Scroll says Moshiach “will see the light [of life];” see also the Targum HaShivim

†53:10 See Psalm 16 and Yn 1:12

‡53:10 Moshiachʼs

§53:11 Hashem

*53:11 Moshiachʼs

†53:11 Moshiach

‡53:11 Moshiach, Zech 3:8, Jer 23:5; Zech 6:11-12, Ezra 3:8 Yehoshua, Yeshua shmo

§53:11 Ro 5:1

*53:11 Moshiach

†53:12 Lv 16:22

‡53:12 did the work of a mafgi'a, intercessor

§53:12 See Lk 23:34

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