Isaiah 53:9

"He was taken away by oppression and judgment. As for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living and stricken for the disobedience of my people?"

Key Reflection

Isaiah 53:9 paints a picture that would have resonated deeply with Isaiah's contemporaries, describing how the suffering servant was taken away by oppressive forces and judicial decree. For the original audience, this verse likely evoked images of innocent individuals unjustly punished, mirroring the political and social realities of their time where rulers often used false charges or arbitrary judgments to remove dissenters from power. The mention of his generation considering him cut off suggests a community grappling with loss and betrayal, perhaps even recognizing similar fates among those who had opposed or misunderstood the true nature of justice and righteousness in their society.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

And he made his grave with the wicked -Jerome renders this,Et dabit impios pro sepultura et divitem pro morte sua. The Septuagint renders it, ‘I will give the wicked instead of his burial (ἀντὶ τῆς ταφῆςantitēstaphēs), and the rich in the place, or instead of his death’ (ἀντὶ τοῦ θανάτουantitouthanatou).

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