“All 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.”
The servant's patient suffering—'He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth; like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth'—depicts the servant's silent, non-resistant acceptance of suffering. The image of lamb led to slaughter becomes iconic for innocent victimhood. The emphasis on silence suggests the servant's refusal to protest or resist. This verse makes the servant's patience and yielding fundamental to the atoning work.
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