14, 15. Summary of Messiah's history, which is set forth more in
detail in the fifty-third chapter. "Just as many were astonished
(accompanied with aversion,
Jer 18:16; 19:8),
&c.; his visage, &c.; so shall He sprinkle," &c.; Israel in this
answers to its antitype Messiah, now "an astonishment and
byword"
(De 28:37),
hereafter about to be a blessing and means of salvation to many nations
(Isa 2:2, 3;
Mic 5:7).
thee; his--Such changes of persons are common in Hebrew poetry.
marred--Hebrew, "disfigurement"; abstract for concrete; not only
disfigured, but disfigurement itself.
more than man--CASTALIO
translates, "so that it was no longer that
of a man" (compare
Ps 22:6).
The more perfect we may suppose the "body prepared"
(Heb 10:5)
for Him by God, the sadder by contrast was the "marring" of His visage
and form.
JFB.
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