What Does Isaiah 53:7 Mean?

“He was oppressed”

to drive (an animal, a workman, a debtor, an army); by implication, to tax, harass, tyrannize

he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo

“and he was afflicted”

to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“so he openeth”

to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

“not his mouth”

the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos

“as a lamb”

a member of a flock, i.e., a sheep or goat

“to the slaughter”

properly, something slaughtered; hence, a beast (or meat, as butchered); abstractly butchery (or concretely, a place of slaughter)

“he is brought”

properly, to flow; causatively, to bring (especially with pomp)

“and as a sheep”

a ewe [the females being the predominant element of a flock] (as a good traveller)

“before”

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

“her shearers”

to cut off; specifically to shear a flock or shave the hair; figuratively to destroy an enemy

“is dumb”

to tie fast; hence (of the mouth) to be tongue-tied

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“so he openeth”

to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

“not his mouth”

the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos