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O Lord, John 12. 38; Rom 10.16. who has believed our report? and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed? We brought a report as of a child before him; he is as a root in a thirsty land: he has no form nor comeliness; and we saw him, but he had no form nor beauty. But his form was ignoble, and inferior to that of the children of men; he was a man in suffering, and acquainted with the bearing of sickness, for his face is turned from us: he was dishonored, and not esteemed. Mat 8. 17. He bears our sins, and is pained for us: yet we accounted him to be in trouble, and in suffering, and in affliction. But he was wounded on account of our sins, and was * Or, made sick. bruised because of our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and by his Gr. bruise. 1 Pet. 2. 22. bruises we were healed. All we as sheep have gone astray; every one has gone astray in his way; and the Lord gave him up for our sins. And he, because of his affliction, opens not his mouth: Acts 8. 32,33. he was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is dumb, so he opens not his mouth. In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken away from the earth: because of the iniquities of my people he was led to death. And I will give the wicked for his burial, and the rich for his death; 1 Pet 2. 22. for he practised no iniquity, nor craft with his mouth. 10 The Lord also is pleased to purge him from his stroke. If you° can give an offering for sin, your soul shall see a long-lived seed: 11 the Lord also is pleased to take away from the travail of his soul, to show him light, and to form him with understanding; to justify the just one who serves many well; and he shall bear their sins. 12 Therefore he shall inherit many, and he shall divide the spoils of the mighty; because his soul was delivered to death: and Mark 15. 28. he was numbered among the transgressors; and he bore the sins of many, and was delivered because of their iniquities.

53:1 John 12. 38; Rom 10.16.

53:4 Mat 8. 17.

*53:5 Or, made sick.

53:5 Gr. bruise. 1 Pet. 2. 22.

53:7 Acts 8. 32,33.

53:9 1 Pet 2. 22.

53:12 Mark 15. 28.