Isa 53:7 | JFB | STEP | 7. oppressed-- Lowth translates, "It was exacted, and He was made answerable." The verb means, "to have payment of a debt sternly exacted" ( , ), and so to be oppressed in general; the exaction of the full penalty for our sins in His sufferings is probably alluded to. and ... afflicted-- or, and yet He suffered, or bore Himself patiently, &c. [Hengstenberg and Maurer]. Lowth's translation, "He was made answerable," is hardly admitted by the Hebrew. opened not ... mouth-- ; and David in , ; , prefiguring Messiah ( ; , ; ).

‏ Isaiah 53:7

7. oppressed--Lowth translates, "It was exacted, and He was made answerable." The verb means, "to have payment of a debt sternly exacted" (De 15:2, 3), and so to be oppressed in general; the exaction of the full penalty for our sins in His sufferings is probably alluded to.

and ... afflicted--or, and yet He suffered, or bore Himself patiently, &c. [Hengstenberg and Maurer]. Lowth's translation, "He was made answerable," is hardly admitted by the Hebrew.

opened not ... mouth--Jr 11:19; and David in Psa 38:13, 14; 39:9, prefiguring Messiah (Mt 26:63; 27:12, 14; 1Pe 2:23).