Isaiah 53:3
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Isaiah 53:3 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Isaiah 53:3 is a verse from the book of Isaiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from hi..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Isaiah 53:3 — 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. we hid...: or, he hid as it were his face from us: Heb. as an hiding of faces from him, or, from us”
— Isaiah 53:3 (KJV)
Isaiah 53:3 in Context — About the Book of Isaiah
Isaiah is the prince of prophets — soaring visions of God's holiness, searing warnings, and the Old Testament's clearest portraits of the coming Messiah: born of a virgin, wounded for our transgressions, a man of sorrows. Comfort and strength for the weary run through every chapter.
Cross-References for Isaiah 53:3
“Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and I will hear it. respect...: Heb. acknowledge faces”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 53:3: men, faces, face
“And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as swift as the roes upon the mountains; of war: Heb. of the host as swift...: Heb. as the roes upon the mountains to make haste”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 53:3: men, faces, face
“Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food. esteemed: Heb. hid, or, laid up my...: or, my appointed portion”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 53:3: men, hid, esteemed
“So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: and none of them shall remain or escape from the evil that I will bring upon them. So...: Heb. So shall all the men be”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 53:3: men, faces, face
“And they shall be afraid: pangs and sorrows shall take hold of them; they shall be in pain as a woman that travaileth: they shall be amazed one at another; their faces shall be as flames. be amazed: Heb. wonder one...: Heb. every man at his neighbour flames: Heb. faces of the flames”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 53:3: sorrows, faces, face
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