Isaiah 53:1-3
The rejected Servant carries sorrow.
1 Who has believed our message? To whom has Yahweh’s arm been revealed?
2 For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of dry ground. He has no good looks or majesty. When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn’t respect him.
The rejected Servant carries sorrow.
To explain the unbelief of many and the humble, rejected appearance of the Servant.
In a context of national suffering and expectation, the servant appears in humility, contrary to anticipated forms of deliverance.
The Suffering Servant Bears Sin and Is Vindicated by the LORD
The LORD saves sinners through the innocent Servant who suffers in their place, bears their sin, and is vindicated after offering himself for many.