King James Version
What Does Isaiah 53:1 Mean?
“Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? report: or, doctrine?: Heb. hearing?”
Context
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Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? report: or, doctrine?: Heb. hearing?
2
For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. we hid: or, he hid as it were his face from us: Heb. as an hiding of faces from him, or, from us
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Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers**LIII.**
(1) **Who hath believed our report? . . .**—The question has been variously interpreted as coming from the lips of the prophet or of Israel. The former view commends itself most, and the unusual plural is explained by his mentally associating with himself the other prophets, probably his own disciples, who were delivering the same message. The implied answer to the question may be either “None,” or, “Not all.” St. Paul (Romans 10:16) adopts the latter.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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