Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 53:8
(8) He was taken from prison . . .—The Hebrew preposition admits of this rendering, which is adopted by many commentators, as describing the oppression and iniquitous trial which had preceded the death of the servant. It admits equally of the sense, through oppression and through judgment; and, on the whole, this gives a preferable sense. The whole procedure was tainted with iniquity.Who shall declare his generation?—The words are, perhaps, the most difficult of the whole section, and have been... read more
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 53:7
(7) He was afflicted . . .—More accurately, He let himself be afflicted, as implying the voluntary acceptance of the suffering.Opened not his mouth.—The silence of absolute acquiescence, as in Psalms 38:14; Psalms 39:9.As a lamb to the slaughter.—It is suggestive, as bearing both on the question of authorship, and that of partial fulfilment, that Jeremiah (Jeremiah 11:19) appropriates the description to himself. In our Lord’s silence before the Sanhedrin and Pilate it is allowable to trace a... read more