Isaiah 53:7-9
The innocent Servant is led like a lamb to slaughter.
7 He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he didn’t open his mouth. As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he didn’t open his mouth.
8 He was taken away by oppression and judgment. As for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living and stricken for the disobedience of my people?
9 They made his grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.
The innocent Servant is led like a lamb to slaughter.
To portray the Servant’s silent submission in suffering and the injustice of his death despite his innocence.
In the context of Israel's suffering, the servant stands out as uniquely innocent, suffering not for his own sin but for others.
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.