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.