Isa 52:14 | JFB | STEP | 14, 15. Summary of Messiah's history, which is set forth more in detail in the fifty-third chapter. "Just as many were astonished (accompanied with aversion, ), &c.; his visage, &c.; so shall He sprinkle," &c.; Israel in this answers to its antitype Messiah, now "an astonishment and byword" ( ), hereafter about to be a blessing and means of salvation to many nations ( ). thee; his —Such changes of persons are common in Hebrew poetry. marred — Hebrew, "disfigurement"; abstract for concrete; not only disfigured, but disfigurement itself. more than man —CASTALIO translates, "so that it was no longer that of a man" (compare ). The more perfect we may suppose the "body prepared" ( ) for Him by God, the sadder by contrast was the "marring" of His visage and form.

Isaiah 52:14

14, 15. Summary of Messiah's history, which is set forth more in detail in the fifty-third chapter. "Just as many were astonished (accompanied with aversion, Jer 18:16; 19:8), &c.; his visage, &c.; so shall He sprinkle," &c.; Israel in this answers to its antitype Messiah, now "an astonishment and byword" (De 28:37), hereafter about to be a blessing and means of salvation to many nations (Isa 2:2, 3; Mic 5:7).

thee; his—Such changes of persons are common in Hebrew poetry.

marred—Hebrew, "disfigurement"; abstract for concrete; not only disfigured, but disfigurement itself.

more than man—CASTALIO translates, "so that it was no longer that of a man" (compare Ps 22:6). The more perfect we may suppose the "body prepared" (Heb 10:5) for Him by God, the sadder by contrast was the "marring" of His visage and form.