UBF Daily Bread

THE SUFFERING SERVANT

Passage: Isaiah 52:13~53:12

Key verse: 53:5

The Suffering and Glory of the Servant

¹³See, my servant^(A) will act wisely^[a];
    he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.^(B)
¹⁴Just as there were many who were appalled^(C) at him^[b]—
    his appearance was so disfigured^(D) beyond that of any human being
    and his form marred beyond human likeness^(E)—
¹⁵so he will sprinkle^(F) many nations,^[c]
    and kings^(G) will shut their mouths^(H) because of him.
For what they were not told, they will see,
    and what they have not heard, they will understand.^(I)

53 Who has believed our message^(J)
    and to whom has the arm^(K) of the Lord been revealed?^(L)
²He grew up before him like a tender shoot,^(M)
    and like a root^(N) out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
    nothing in his appearance^(O) that we should desire him.
³He was despised and rejected by mankind,
    a man of suffering,^(P) and familiar with pain.^(Q)
Like one from whom people hide^(R) their faces
    he was despised,^(S) and we held him in low esteem.

⁴Surely he took up our pain
    and bore our suffering,^(T)
yet we considered him punished by God,^(U)
    stricken by him, and afflicted.^(V)
⁵But he was pierced^(W) for our transgressions,^(X)
    he was crushed^(Y) for our iniquities;
the punishment^(Z) that brought us peace^(AA) was on him,
    and by his wounds^(AB) we are healed.^(AC)
⁶We all, like sheep, have gone astray,^(AD)
    each of us has turned to our own way;^(AE)
and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity^(AF) of us all.

⁷He was oppressed^(AG) and afflicted,
    yet he did not open his mouth;^(AH)
he was led like a lamb^(AI) to the slaughter,^(AJ)
    and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.
⁸By oppression^[d] and judgment^(AK) he was taken away.
    Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;^(AL)
    for the transgression^(AM) of my people he was punished.^[e]
⁹He was assigned a grave with the wicked,^(AN)
    and with the rich^(AO) in his death,
though he had done no violence,^(AP)
    nor was any deceit in his mouth.^(AQ)

¹⁰Yet it was the Lord’s will^(AR) to crush^(AS) him and cause him to suffer,^(AT)
    and though the Lord makes^[f] his life an offering for sin,^(AU)
he will see his offspring^(AV) and prolong his days,
    and the will of the Lord will prosper^(AW) in his hand.
¹¹After he has suffered,^(AX)
    he will see the light^(AY) of life^[g] and be satisfied^[h];
by his knowledge^[i] my righteous servant^(AZ) will justify^(BA) many,
    and he will bear their iniquities.^(BB)
¹²Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,^[j]^(BC)
    and he will divide the spoils^(BD) with the strong,^[k]
because he poured out his life unto death,^(BE)
    and was numbered with the transgressors.^(BF)
For he bore^(BG) the sin of many,^(BH)
    and made intercession^(BI) for the transgressors.

Footnotes

Isaiah 52:13 Or will prosper
Isaiah 52:14 Hebrew you
Isaiah 52:15 Or so will many nations be amazed at him (see also Septuagint)
Isaiah 53:8 Or From arrest
Isaiah 53:8 Or generation considered / that he was cut off from the land of the living, / that he was punished for the transgression of my people?
Isaiah 53:10 Hebrew though you make
Isaiah 53:11 Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text does not have the light of life.
Isaiah 53:11 Or (with Masoretic Text) ¹¹He will see the fruit of his suffering / and will be satisfied
Isaiah 53:11 Or by knowledge of him
Isaiah 53:12 Or many
Isaiah 53:12 Or numerous

Cross references

Isaiah 52:13 : S Jos 1:8; S Isa 4:2; S 20:3
Isaiah 52:13 : S Isa 6:1; 57:15; Ac 3:13; S Php 2:9
Isaiah 52:14 : S Lev 26:32; S Job 18:20
Isaiah 52:14 : S 2Sa 10:4
Isaiah 52:14 : S Job 2:12; S 16:16
Isaiah 52:15 : S Lev 14:7; S 16:14-15
Isaiah 52:15 : S Isa 49:7
Isaiah 52:15 : S Jdg 18:19; Ps 107:42
Isaiah 52:15 : Ro 15:21*; Eph 3:4-5
Isaiah 53:1 : S Isa 28:9; Ro 10:16*
Isaiah 53:1 : S Ps 98:1; S Isa 30:30
Isaiah 53:1 : Jn 12:38*
Isaiah 53:2 : S 2Ki 19:26; S Job 14:7; S Isa 4:2
Isaiah 53:2 : S Isa 11:10
Isaiah 53:2 : Isa 52:14
Isaiah 53:3 : Ps 69:29
Isaiah 53:3 : ver 4, 10; S Ex 1:10; S Mt 16:21; Lk 18:31-33; Heb 5:8
Isaiah 53:3 : S Dt 31:17; Isa 1:15
Isaiah 53:3 : S 1Sa 2:30; S Ps 22:6; Mt 27:29; Jn 1:10-11
Isaiah 53:4 : Mt 8:17*
Isaiah 53:4 : S Dt 5:24; S Job 4:5; Jer 23:5-6; 25:34; Eze 34:23-24; Mic 5:2-4; Zec 13:7; Jn 19:7
Isaiah 53:4 : S ver 3; S Ge 12:17; S Ru 1:21
Isaiah 53:5 : S Ps 22:16
Isaiah 53:5 : S Ex 28:38; S Ps 39:8; S Jn 3:17; Ro 4:25; 1Co 15:3; Heb 9:28
Isaiah 53:5 : Ps 34:18
Isaiah 53:5 : S Isa 50:6
Isaiah 53:5 : S Isa 9:6; Ro 5:1
Isaiah 53:5 : Isa 1:6; Mt 27:26; Jn 19:1
Isaiah 53:5 : S Dt 32:39; S 2Ch 7:14; 1Pe 2:24-25
Isaiah 53:6 : S Ps 95:10; 1Pe 2:24-25
Isaiah 53:6 : S 1Sa 8:3; Isa 56:11; 57:17; Mic 3:5
Isaiah 53:6 : ver 12; S Ex 28:38; Ro 4:25
Isaiah 53:7 : Isa 49:26
Isaiah 53:7 : S Mk 14:61; 1Pe 2:23
Isaiah 53:7 : Mt 27:31; S Jn 1:29
Isaiah 53:7 : S Ps 44:22
Isaiah 53:8 : Mk 14:49
Isaiah 53:8 : Ps 88:5; Da 9:26; Ac 8:32-33*
Isaiah 53:8 : ver 12; S Ps 39:8
Isaiah 53:9 : Mt 27:38; Mk 15:27; Lk 23:32; Jn 19:18
Isaiah 53:9 : Mt 27:57-60; Mk 15:43-46; Lk 23:50-53; Jn 19:38-41
Isaiah 53:9 : Isa 42:1-3
Isaiah 53:9 : S Job 16:17; 1Pe 2:22*; 1Jn 3:5; Rev 14:5
Isaiah 53:10 : Isa 46:10; 55:11; Ac 2:23
Isaiah 53:10 : ver 5
Isaiah 53:10 : S ver 3; S Ge 12:17
Isaiah 53:10 : S Lev 5:15; Jn 3:17
Isaiah 53:10 : S Ps 22:30
Isaiah 53:10 : S Jos 1:8; S Isa 49:4
Isaiah 53:11 : Jn 10:14-18
Isaiah 53:11 : S Job 33:30
Isaiah 53:11 : S Isa 20:3; Ac 7:52
Isaiah 53:11 : S Isa 6:7; Jn 1:29; Ac 10:43; S Ro 4:25
Isaiah 53:11 : S Ex 28:38
Isaiah 53:12 : S Isa 6:1; S Php 2:9
Isaiah 53:12 : S Ex 15:9; S Ps 119:162; Lk 11:22
Isaiah 53:12 : Mt 26:28, 38, 39, 42
Isaiah 53:12 : Mt 27:38; Mk 15:27*; Lk 22:37*; 23:32
Isaiah 53:12 : S ver 6; 1Pe 2:24
Isaiah 53:12 : Heb 9:28
Isaiah 53:12 : Isa 59:16; S Ro 8:34

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1. A man of sorrows (52:13-53:9)

Isaiah predicted that the Messiah would be a man of sorrows, despised and rejected (3). He also describes him as a silent lamb led to the slaughter (7). Jesus bore all our sins and iniquities on the cross. He is the Suffering Servant of whom Isaiah wrote so poignantly. By his wounds I have been healed and have peace with God (5b). Jesus died for me. On this Easter, let's praise the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world and remember what he has done for us (7; Jn1:29).

2. He bore the sin of many (53:10-13)

After his suffering Jesus rose from the dead and prolonged his days; as our Risen Savior he shares with us the spoils of war (12a). Out of his shameful death on the cross, Jesus has given us an eternal victory over sin and death through his glorious resurrection. The suffering servant is now our Mediator who makes intercession for us (12b).

Prayer: Lord, thank you for Jesus the Lamb of God who bore all my sins and sorrows in silence.

One Word: Jesus the Man of Sorrows

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The Vision of Isaiah, LA UBF
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By His Wounds We Are Healed, LA UBF
Isaiah 52:13~53:12

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