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— Jer 11:19; and David in Ps 38:13, 14; 39:9, prefiguring Messiah (Mt 26:63; 27:12, 14; 1Pe 2:23).