The Human Race Typified by the Man of Sorrows
Isaiah 53:3-7
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him…


I. THE LOT OF HUMANITY IN THIS WORLD. This is the portrait of the species — "A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief."

II. THE TREATMENT WHICH DEPRESSED HUMANITY COMMONLY EXPERIENCE: "We hid, as it were, our faces from Him."

(F. W. Robertson, M.A.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

WEB: He was despised, and rejected by men; a man of suffering, and acquainted with disease. He was despised as one from whom men hide their face; and we didn't respect him.




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