Isa 53:8-9 | TNotes | STEP | 53:8 Unjustly condemned: The servant will be given no legal protection or proper defense. • cut short in midstream: To die in midlife was understood to be God’s judgment.

c1 Pet 2:21-25►

dMatt 27:57-61►

‏ Isaiah 53:8-9

53:8 ^a Unjustly condemned: The servant will be given no legal protection or proper defense.

• cut short in midstream: To die in midlife was understood to be God’s judgment.
53:9 ^b no wrong ... never deceived anyone: See 1 Pet 2:21-25 ^c.

• in a rich man’s grave: Literally he was with the rich in his death (see Matt 27:57-61 ^d). Although the Bible often considers riches as a blessing from God, it regularly condemns the rich as crooked and oppressive. The point here might be ironic: This good man would be buried with oppressors.