Isaiah 53:4 “Surely
He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem Him
stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.” (KJV)
The word, stricken means troubled with disease, misfortune,
or sorrow; hit or wounded by; or to attack. The word, smitten means to strike sharply; to hurt
or to kill. The word, afflicted
means to cause the suffering or unhappiness to. The commentary explained the
word translated “griefs” (Heb. choli)
is literally “sickness” or “infirmities” or “pains.”
The New Living
Translation seems to give a clearer phrase: “Yet it was our weaknesses He carried; it was our sorrows that weighed Him down. And we thought His troubles were a punishment from God
for His own sins!” (Isaiah 53:4) Actually, it was our sins upon Him! So the
Messiah would endure punishment in order that we may be delivered from our
diseases and sicknesses and pains as well as from our sins. As He bore our sins, He also
takes the sickness and grief that belong to us, lifts them upon Himself, and
carries them.
Isaiah 53:5 (KJV)
“But He was wounded for our
transgressions, He was bruised for
our iniquities: the chastisement of
our peace was upon Him; and with His
stripes we are healed.” (NLT) “But He was wounded and crushed for
our sins. He was beaten that we might
have peace. He was whipped, and we
were healed!”
God was pulling aside
the curtain of time to let the people of Isaiah's day look ahead to the
suffering of the future Messiah and the resulting forgiveness made available to
all people. Could they ever imagine that the “lamb” they sacrificed would represent “The Lamb of God,” the Messiah would hang on the
cross for the forgiveness of their sins? Jesus said on the cross, “Father,
forgive them for they know not what they do.”
This verse “borne our
griefs” is quoted in Matthew 8:17 with reference to Jesus’ ministry of healing
the sick. “That evening many demon-possessed people were brought to Jesus. All
the spirits fled when He commanded them to leave; and He healed all the sick.
This fulfilled the word of the Lord through Isaiah, who said, “He took our
sicknesses and removed our diseases” (Mat.8:16-17 NLT). “For this purpose the
Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil”
(1Jn.3:8 KJV).
What this Manna means
to me, are the words I typed in Italic. It opened my eyes to what Jesus went
through, our suffering Messiah and finally, “we were healed.” Hold on to that
promise of God. Oh, the depth of our suffering Messiah who loved us so much.
Believe it!
Song: The Healer
On the cross
crucified,
In great sorrow He
died;
the Giver of Life is
He.
Yet my Lord was
despised
and rejected of men,
This Jesus of Calvary.
Chorus:
He was wounded for
our transgressions;
He was bruised for
our iniquities;
Surely He bore our
sorrows,
And by His stripes we
are healed.
(Lois Irwin, Sing His Praise)
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