Isaiah 53

KJV · Capítulo 53/66

1Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?

2For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

3He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

4Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.

5But 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.

6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

7He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.

8He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.

9And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.

10Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

11He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

12Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

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Resumo

O mais famoso e detalhado Cântico do Servo Sofredor: ele é desprezado, rejeitado, ferido por nossas transgressões e moído por nossas iniquidades, levado como cordeiro ao matadouro sem abrir a boca, carregando o pecado de muitos e intercedendo pelos transgressores.

Explicação

Este capítulo é um dos textos mais lidos e debatidos de toda a literatura bíblica, descrevendo uma figura que sofre voluntariamente pelo pecado alheio, algo praticamente sem paralelo em outras religiões da antiguidade. O Novo Testamento cristão vê nele uma profecia detalhada da crucificação de Jesus, citada extensivamente em textos como Atos 8:32-33 (quando Filipe explica essa passagem a um eunuco etíope) e 1 Pedro 2:22-25. Estudiosos judeus tradicionalmente também discutem essa passagem, alguns interpretando o “Servo” como representando o próprio povo de Israel sofrendo no exílio, enquanto outras leituras judaicas antigas também reconheciam um sentido messiânico individual. Independente da interpretação, a mensagem central de alguém que sofre injustamente para trazer cura e reconciliação para outros é universalmente poderosa. A aplicação hoje é refletir sobre como o sofrimento voluntário por amor a outros pode ter um propósito redentor maior do que aparenta.

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