Isaiah 53 — Rabbi

Isaiah 53:1

מִ֥י

mîy

who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix הֶאֱמִ֖ין

ʼâman

properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain; לִשְׁמֻעָתֵ֑נוּ

shᵉmûwʻâh

to/for — something heard, i.e. an announcement וּזְר֥וֹעַ

zᵉrôwaʻ

and — the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force יְהוָ֖ה

Yᵉhôvâh

(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God עַל

ʻal

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications מִ֥י

mîy

who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix נִגְלָֽתָה

gâlâh

to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal

Isaiah 53:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)

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Who

Cross-Book Pattern

Isaiah opens the suffering servant song with this rhetorical question, already anticipating that his message about the servant would go larg… has

Cross-Book Pattern

Isaiah opens the suffering servant song with this rhetorical question, already anticipating that his message about the servant would go larg…believed

Cross-Book Pattern

Isaiah opens the suffering servant song with this rhetorical question, already anticipating that his message about the servant would go larg… [confidently trusted in, relied on, and adhered to] our message [of salvation]?

Cross-Book Pattern

Isaiah opens the suffering servant song with this rhetorical question, already anticipating that his message about the servant would go larg… [Is 52:7, 10] And to whom [if not us] has the arm and infinite power of the Lord been revealed? [John 12:38-41; Rom 10:16]

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▦Isaiah 53:1New

The opening question - "who has believed our message?" - names this whole account's own unbelievable quality before a single detail of the Servant's suffering is even described.

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John 12:38, "Lord, who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?" - the exact question John quotes to explain the crowd's unbelief.

Isaiah 53:1 · WEB

Who has believed our message? To whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed?

John 12:38 · WEB

that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, “Lord, who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

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Today's memory verse · from this session

“Who has believed [confidently trusted in, relied on, and adhered to] our message [of salvation]? [Is 52:7, 10] And to whom [if not us] has the arm and infinite power of the Lord been revealed? [John 12:38-41; Rom 10:16]”

Isaiah 53:1

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