Isaiah 53:3. He is despised and rejected of men;
This was written long before he came to earth: "He is despised and rejected of men," and, truly, though he is now in heaven, I need not alter the tense of the verb. I do not say, "He was despised," though that would be true; for, alas! it is still true, "He is despised and rejected of men;" -
Isaiah 53:3. A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief:
What a wonderful expression that is! Our blessed Lord had made the acquaintance of grief, he knew it, understood it, was familiar with it, -slept with it, - rose up with it, - walked the livelong day with it; and, hence, my brother or my sister, he knows your grief, and he can meet it; he is such a master Comforter because he was such a mighty Sufferer.
Isaiah 53:3. And we hid as it were our faces from him;
Shame upon us that we, who have been redeemed by him, - we, whom he has loved from eternity, - we, who now delight in him, - "we hid as it were our faces from him;"-
Isaiah 53:3. He was despised, and we esteemed him not,
Even we, to whom now he is all our salvation, and all our desire, - we, unto whom he is now most precious, - "we esteemed him not."
Isaiah 53:3. He is despised and rejected of men;
This was written long before he came to earth: "He is despised and rejected of men," and, truly, though he is now in heaven, I need not alter the tense of the verb. I do not say, "He was despised," though that would be true; for, alas! it is still true, "He is despised and rejected of men;" -
Isaiah 53:3. A man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief:
What a wonderful expression that is! Our blessed Lord had made the acquaintance of grief, he knew it, understood it, was familiar with it, -slept with it, - rose up with it, - walked the livelong day with it; and, hence, my brother or my sister, he knows your grief, and he can meet it; he is such a master Comforter because he was such a mighty Sufferer.
Isaiah 53:3. And we hid as it were our faces from him;
Shame upon us that we, who have been redeemed by him, - we, whom he has loved from eternity, - we, who now delight in him, - "we hid as it were our faces from him;"-
Isaiah 53:3. He was despised, and we esteemed him not,
Even we, to whom now he is all our salvation, and all our desire, - we, unto whom he is now most precious, - "we esteemed him not."