“Yet 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.”
The declaration 'Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him with pain. When you make his life an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring, and shall prolong his days' presents the servant's suffering as divinely willed sacrifice, where submission to affliction paradoxically leads to progeny and longevity. The transformation of suffering into an 'offering for sin' (asham) frames the servant's pain in sacrificial and substitutionary terms. The promise of offspring despite death suggests spiritual legacy and continuation beyond literal mortality. This verse articulates the redemptive logic: suffering becomes efficacious when offered as atonement, and the servant's purpose is realized through that very sacrifice.
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