Isaiah 53:10-12
Summary for Isa 53:10-12: 53:10-12 a The final stanza of the poem first explains why the servant suffered and was treated unjustly in the place of others; it then explains what the result of that obedience would be. 53:10 b The servant’s grief would accomplish a greater good; the forgiveness and reconciliation of sinful humanity. Note also God’s good plan to prosper and exalt the servant.• when his life is made an offering for sin: The suffering of the servant provided a substitute for others, just as the animal sacrifices in the Temple did.
• Having many descendants and enjoying a long life are rewards for godly and wise living (see Prov 3:2 c; 17:6 d; 20:7 e). Because the servant left his fate in his God’s hands, he would receive eternal rewards from the God who vindicates the righteous (see Phil 2:9-11 f).
53:11 g his experience (literally his knowledge): This clearly does not refer to intellectual knowledge but to all that the servant would experience in his obedience, suffering, and intimate relationship with God.
• The servant’s righteous obedience enables people to be put right with God (see Gen 15:6 h; Rom 5:18-19 i), for he will bear all their sins.
53:12 j the honors: See Phil 2:9-11 k.
• He was counted among the rebels: Rebels (Hebrew poshe‘im) is a stronger word than sinners and is a key word in Isaiah. It refers to those who are in willful defiance of a lawful authority, in this case, God.
• interceded for rebels: The servant would pray for sinners in the midst of his suffering (see Exod 32:30 l; Luke 23:34 m).
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