Isaiah 53

I’ve been spending time lately journaling things the Holy Spirit speaks to me as I read the Bible.  I would like to share what I’ve written from Isaiah 53.  I hope it will bless you.  I would love for you to comment and share whatever God speaks to your heart too!

Isaiah 53 is the book in the Old Testament that speaks of Jesus.  Many Jews have been puzzled by these scriptures through the years because they did not recognize Jesus as their Messiah.

  1. a tender shoot, a root out of dry ground, no beauty or majesty, despised & rejected by men, a man of sorrows, suffering
  2. he took up our infirmities, carried our sorrows, stricken & smitten by God, afflicted (with our sorrows), pierced for OUR transgressions (everything we’ve ever done), crushed for our iniquities (he took it all upon himself)
  3. punishment to Him=peace for us
  4. Our wayward ways (iniquities) were all placed on Jesus!!
  5. oppressed & afflicted
  6. taken as a lamb to the slaughter (silent, said nothing)
  7. He was oppressed & judged, stricken
  8. It was God’s will to crush him & cause him to suffer
  9. He bore the sins of many & made intercession for the transgressors

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