8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people?ĩ And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth. 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is dumb, so he opened not his mouth. 5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities upon him was the chastisement that made us whole, and with his stripes we are healed.Ħ All we like sheep have gone astray we have turned every one to his own way and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. 3 He was despised and rejected by men a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.Ĥ Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
14 As many were astonished at him- his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance, and his form beyond that of the sons of men- 15 so shall he startle many nations kings shall shut their mouths because of him for that which has not been told them they shall see, and that which they have not heard they shall understand.ġ Who has believed what we have heard? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? 2 For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground he had no form or comeliness that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him. Here’s the verse in context:ġ3 Behold, my servant shall prosper, he shall be exalted and lifted up, and shall be very high. It is part of the fourth “ Servant Song” in Isaiah, which runs from 52:13-53:12. Let’s start by looking at the text in question.
Am I on the right track or have you heard anything on this?
From what I understand and have read, the verse from Isaiah seems to (me anyways) point towards Jesus at his Passion and Death - the Suffering Servant. I had a student ask me quite blunty “was Jesus ugly?” He cited some early Fathers quoting Isaiah 53:2, and gave me several other sources that expanded on this topic as well.