“For 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.”
The humble appearance—'For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, nothing in his appearance that we should desire him'—describes the servant's unpromising appearance. The image of growth from dry ground suggests emergence from barren conditions. The repeated denials of form, majesty, and desirability emphasize that nothing marks the servant as significant. This verse establishes that the servant's power lies hidden beneath insignificant appearance.
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