4 Surely he bore- our sicknesses; and our pains, he supported them; and we, (on our part,) did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

5 And he was pierced for our rebellions, bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and in his stripes was there healing for us.

6 All we like sheep did go astray; we turned every one to his own way; and the lord made to fall upon him the iniquity of us all.

13. ‘My servant shall prosper,’ Targ. and various14. Or, ‘marred more than (any) man . . . more than the sons of men.15. ‘sprinkle’: or, ‘scatter’: or, ‘startle’: objections are raised to the text-rendering.1. Or, ‘upon whom was it . . . ?2. Or, ‘nor majesty that we should look on him.3. Or, ‘Despised and ceasing to be of men.’5. ‘for,’ i.e. ‘became of our ‘rebellions.’ ‘of,’ i.e. ‘belonging to,’ to our peace.’

7 He was oppressed, and he humbled himself, and opened not his mouth; as a lamb (that) is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep (that) is dumb before her shearers; and he opened not his mouth.

8 From restraint and from judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who considereth, that he was cut off out of the land of the living? for the rebellion of my people was he stricken.

9 And one appointed his grave with wicked men, and with a rich man in his death; because he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth.

10 And the LORD was pleased to bruise him; he laid sickness on him; if his soul should make a guilt-offering, he should see a seed, he should prolong days, and the pleasure of the Lord should prosper in his hand.

11 Out of the travail of his. soul he shall see, he shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant make many righteous; for he will bear their iniquities.

12 Therefore will I give him part among the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he poured out his soul unto death; and he was numbered with the rebellious; and himself bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the rebellious.

LIV. 1 Sing, Ο barren, that didst not bear; break forth into singing, and cry aloud, thou that didst not travail; for more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married wife, saith the Lord.

7. ‘opened,’ imperfect tense.8. ‘from,’ perhaps = ‘because of’: but cf. lvii. x, where verb however different. ‘and as for his generation’: or, ‘and his life who will for he was.’ c.9. ‘appoint,’ lit. ‘gave . . . ’ ‘Because,’ or ‘although . . . ’ ‘death’ is here plural in Heb.10. Or, ‘if thou shouldst make his soul a . . .

2 Widen the place of. thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thy habitation; withhold not; lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes:

3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; ’thy seed shall possess nations, and make desolate. nations to be inhabited.

4 Fear not, for thou shalt not be ashamed; and be not confounded, for thou shalt not blush; for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.

5 For thy husband is thy Maker; the LORD of Hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel: the God of the whole earth shall he be called.

6 For the LORD hath called thee as a wife forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when she is rejected, saith ᾖ thy God.

7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great - mercies I gather thee.

8 In a gush of wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; and with everlasting lovingkindness will I have mercy on thee; saith the LORD thy Redeemer.

9 For this is the waters of Noah unto me; as I have sworn i that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I will not be wrbth with thee, nor re? buke thee

10 For the mountains shall remove, and the hills totter; yet my lovingkindness shall not remove from thee, nor my covenant of peace totter, saith he that hath mercy on thee, the Lord.

3. ‘break forth,’ or ‘through.9 init. Some 1133., Pesh., Vulg., Targ. and some commentators read ‘as in the days of N.’ (vowel points. and division10. ‘shall,’ or ‘may remove’: or, ‘Though the mountains remove...

11 Ο thou afficted, tossed with tempest, not comforted ; behold I lay thy stones in antimony, and thy foundations with sapphires.