Our Divine Substitute

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Mar 19, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 12.

Our Divine Substitute

A Prophecy of our Lord written seven centuries before He came

(From Isaiah 53, Lowth's translation)

SURELY our infirmities He hath borne; And our sorrows, He hath carried them: Yet we thought Him judicially stricken; Smitten of God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions; Was smitten for our iniquities: The chastisement, by which our peace is effected, was laid upon Him; And by His bruises we are healed. We all of us like sheep have strayed; We have turned aside, every one to his own way; And Jehovah hath made to light upon Him the iniquity of us all. It was exacted, and He was made answerable; and He opened not His mouth: As a lamb that is led to the slaughter, And as a sheep before her shearers Is dumb; so He opened not His mouth. By an oppressive judgment He was taken off; And His manner of life who would declare? For He was cut off from the land of the living; For the transgression of my people He was smitten to death. And His grave was appointed with the wicked; But with the rich man was His tomb. Altho He had done no wrong, Neither was there any guile in His mouth; Yet it pleased Jehovah to crush Him with affliction. If His soul shall make a propitiatory sacrifice, He shall see a seed, which shall prolong their days, And the gracious purpose of Jehovah shall prosper in His hands. Of the travail of His soul He shall see [the fruit], and be satisfied.