Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 52:14

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14, 15. Summary of Messiah's history, which is set forth more in detail in the fifty-third chapter. "Just as many were astonished (accompanied with aversion, Jeremiah 18:16 ; Jeremiah 19:8 ), c. his visage, c. so shall He sprinkle," c. Israel in this answers to its antitype Messiah, now "an astonishment and byword" ( Jeremiah 19:8- : ), hereafter about to be a blessing and means of salvation to many nations ( Isaiah 2:2 ; Isaiah 2:3 ; Micah 5:7 ). thee; his —Such changes of persons are common in Hebrew poetry. marred — Hebrew, "disfigurement"; abstract for concrete; not only disfigured, but disfigurement itself. more than man —CASTALIO translates, "so that it was no longer that of a man" (compare Psalms 22:6 ). The more perfect we may suppose the "body prepared" ( Psalms 22:6- : ) for Him by God, the sadder by contrast was the "marring" of His visage and form. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-15" class="com-number"

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