Study it in the app“By oppression and by judgment he was taken away; and his generation, who will consider it? For he was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of my people the blow was for him.”
Silent as a lamb, he is led to death and offers his life for manyThe Cross
By oppressionמֵעֹצֶרand by judgmentוּמִמִּשְׁפָּטhe was taken away;לֻקָּחand his generation,וְאֶת דּוֹרוֹwhoמִיwill consider it?יְשׂוֹחֵחַForכִּיhe was cut offנִגְזַרfrom the landמֵאֶרֶץof the living;חַיִּיםfor the transgressionמִפֶּשַׁעof my peopleעַמִּיthe blowנֶגַעwas for him.לָמוֹ
oppression
What presses and makes suffer.
Where else “otser” appearsjudgment
The decision a judge gives on a case.
Where else “mishpat” appearsseize
To take away, seize.
Where else “lukach” appearsgeneration
The people of the same time.
Where else “dor” appearsreflect
To ponder something deeply.
Where else “yesocheach” appearscut off
To be shut off, excluded.
Where else “nigzar” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsalive
Having life, not dead.
Where else “chayim” appearstransgression
A serious wrong against someone: rebellion, transgression.
Where else “pesha” appearsAmmi
Israel, YHWH's people: "my people".
Where else “ami” appearsplague
Something that strikes suddenly, sometimes sent by YHWH.
Where else “nega” appears“His generation” can be understood as his contemporaries or as his descendants. “For him” translates a Hebrew form that can also be read “for them.”
7He was mistreated, and he humbled himself, and he did not open his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a ewe that before her shearers is silent, and he did not open his mouth.
8 · This verse (above)
9And they made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, although he had done no violence, nor was there deceit in his mouth.
