30:8 Sons of senseless and nameless people, 1
they were driven out of the land with whips. 2
30:9 “And now I have become their taunt song;
I have become a byword 3 among them.
30:10 They detest me and maintain their distance; 4
they do not hesitate to spit in my face.
49:7 This is what the Lord,
the protector 5 of Israel, their Holy One, 6 says
to the one who is despised 7 and rejected 8 by nations, 9
a servant of rulers:
“Kings will see and rise in respect, 10
princes will bow down,
because of the faithful Lord,
the Holy One of Israel who has chosen you.”
50:6 I offered my back to those who attacked, 11
my jaws to those who tore out my beard;
I did not hide my face
from insults and spitting.
52:14 (just as many were horrified by the sight of you) 12
he was so disfigured 13 he no longer looked like a man; 14
53:3 He was despised and rejected by people, 15
one who experienced pain and was acquainted with illness;
people hid their faces from him; 16
he was despised, and we considered him insignificant. 17
53:7 He was treated harshly and afflicted, 18
but he did not even open his mouth.
Like a lamb led to the slaughtering block,
like a sheep silent before her shearers,
he did not even open his mouth. 19
5:1 (4:14) 20 But now slash yourself, 21 daughter surrounded by soldiers! 22
We are besieged!
With a scepter 23 they strike Israel’s ruler 24
on the side of his face.