nst this
view), but, like the first: "He does not open His mouth," to the
Servant of God. It is an expressive repetition, and one which is
intended to direct attention to this feature; comp. the close of ver.
3; Gen. xlix. 4: Judges v. 16. The fulfilment is shown by 1 Pet. ii.
23: [Pg 289] [Greek: hos loidoroumenos ouk anteloidorei, paschon ouk
epeilei, paredidou de to krinonti dikaios]; and likewise Matt. xxvii.
12-14: [Greek: kai en to kategoreisthai auton hupo ton archiereon kai
ton presbuteron ouen apekrinato. Tote legei auto ho Pilatos. ouk
akoueis posasou katamarturousi; kai ouk apekrithe auto pros ouden hen
rhema, hoste thaumazein ton hegemona lian.] Comp. xxvi. 62; Mark xv. 5;
Luke xxiii. 9; John xix. 9.

The third subdivision of the principal portion, vers. 8-10, describes
_the reward of the Servant of God_, by expanding the words: "Kings
shall shut their mouths on account of Him," in chap. lii. 15, and "He
shall be exalted," in ver. 13.

Ver. 8. "_From oppression and from judgment He was taken, and His
generation who can think it out; for He was cut of out of the land of
the living for the transgression of my people, whose the punishment._"

God--such is the sense--takes Him to himself from heavy oppression, and
He who apparently was destroyed without leaving a trace, receives an
infinitely numerous generation (compare John xii. 32: [Greek: kago
hean hupsotho ek tes ges pantas helkuso pros emauton]), as a deserved
reward for having, by His violent death, atoned for the sins of His
people, delivered them from destruction, and acquired them for His
property.--[Hebrew: ecr] "oppression," as Ps. cvii. 39, properly,
according to the signification of the verb: "Shutting up,"
"restraining," "hindering." From what goes before, where the evils from
which the Servant of God is here delivered are described more in
detail, it appears that here we have not to think of a prison properly
so called; for there, it is not a prison, but abuse and oppression
which are spoken of.--[Hebrew: mwpT] is commonly referred to the
judgment which the enemies of the Servant of God passed upon Him, The
premised [Hebrew: ecr] then furnishes the distinct qualification of the
judgment, shows that that which, in a formal point of view, presents
itself as a judicial proceeding, is, in point of fact, heavy
oppression. But, at the same time, [Hebrew: mwpT] serves as a
limitation for [Hebrew: ecr]. We learn from it that the hatred of the
enemies