Isaiah 53:11
11. Jehovah is still speaking.
see of the travail—He shall see such blessed fruits resulting from His sufferings as amply to repay Him for them (Isa 49:4, 5; 50:5, 9). The "satisfaction," in seeing the full fruit of His travail of soul in the conversion of Israel and the world, is to be realized in the last days (Isa 2:2-4). his knowledge—rather, the knowledge (experimentally) of Him (Joh 17:3; Php 3:10). my . . . servant—Messiah (Isa 42:1; 52:13). righteous—the ground on which He justifies others, His own righteousness (1Jo 2:1). justify—treat as if righteous; forensically; on the ground of His meritorious suffering, not their righteousness. bear . . . iniquities— (Isa 53:4, 5), as the sinner's substitute.
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