“As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:”
The description of the servant's suffering—'So shall he startle many nations; kings shall shut their mouths because of him; for that which had not been told them they shall see, and that which they had not heard they shall contemplate'—depicts the servant's appearance as so profound that it silences kings. The image of kings shutting mouths suggests stunned amazement. The statement that nations shall 'see' what they had not been 'told' suggests that the servant's appearance teaches what words cannot. This verse emphasizes that the servant's suffering paradoxically communicates divine purposes.
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