The Nugget:
Isa 53:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth. (KJV)
Isa 53:7 “He was treated harshly, but endured it humbly; he never said a word. Like a lamb about to be slaughtered, like a sheep about to be sheared, he never said a word. (GNB, Good News Bible)
Isa 53:7 He was abused and punished, but he didn’t open his mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. He was like a sheep that is silent when its wool is cut off. He didn’t open his mouth. (GW, God’s Word translation)
Isa 53:7 He was painfully abused, but he did not complain. He was silent like a lamb being led to the butcher, as quiet as a sheep having its wool cut off. (CEV, Contemporary English Version)
My Comment:
3-29-24 Isaian 53v7 UCRT full text references
Here is Isaiah 53:7 with its associated cross references as I have given them in my digital resource, The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury:
Isa 53:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
He was oppressed. or, hard pressed. Mar 9:12, Act 26:23.
Mark 9:12
12 And he answered and told them, Elias verily cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many things, and be set at nought.
King James Version
Acts 26:23
23 That Christ should suffer, and that he should be the first that should rise from the dead, and should shew light unto the people, and to the Gentiles.
King James Version
he was afflicted. Isa 53:4.
Isaiah 53:4
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
King James Version
yet. Psa 38:13, +Mat 11:29; Mat 12:19; *Mat 26:63; *Mat 27:12, 13, 14, *Mar 14:61; *Mar 15:5, *Luk 23:9, *Joh 19:9, *1Pe 2:23.
Psalms 38:13
13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
King James Version
Matthew 11:29
29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
King James Version
Matthew 12:19
19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
King James Version
Matthew 26:63
63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
King James Version
Matthew 27:12-14
12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?
14 And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.
King James Version
Mark 14:61
61 But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
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Mark 15:5
5 But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled.
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Luke 23:9
9 Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing.
King James Version
John 19:9
9 And went again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.
King James Version
1 Peter 2:23
23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
King James Version
Here are more of the cross references I have given in The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury for Isaiah 53:7,
Isa 53:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
opened not his mouth. FS108H6B, +Psa 38:13, Idiom for silence and submission. Psa 39:2, 1Pe 2:22, 23.
Psalms 39:2
2 I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; and my sorrow was stirred.
King James Version
1 Peter 2:22-23
22 Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
King James Version
he is brought. T1940 (Messiah to be led as a lamb to the slaughter). “The Savior was neither ’driven’ nor ’dragged,’ but led: thereby the Holy Spirit informs us, once more, of His willing submission” (Pink, Comm. on John, vol. 3, p. 176). %Gen 3:24, =Lev 17:5, Jer 31:18, Mat 27:30, 31, Mar 14:53, Joh 10:17; $Joh 18:13, *>Act 8:32; *>Act 8:33, *1Co 5:7.
Genesis 3:24
24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
King James Version
Leviticus 17:5
5 To the end that the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices, which they offer in the open field, even that they may bring them unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest, and offer them for peace offerings unto the LORD.
King James Version
Jeremiah 31:18
18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God.
King James Version
Matthew 27:30-31
30 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
31 And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.
King James Version
Mark 14:53
53 And they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.
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John 10:17
17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.
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John 18:13
13 And led him away to Annas first; for he was father in law to Caiaphas, which was the high priest that same year.
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Acts 8:32
32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
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Acts 8:33
33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
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1 Corinthians 5:7
7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
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as a lamb. T1909 (The innocence and meekness of the Messiah). Exo 12:5; Exo 12:13, Lev 1:10; Lev 4:32, Jer 11:19, Joh 1:29; Joh 1:36, $Act 8:32, 33, 34, 35, 1Pe 1:19, Rev 5:6; Rev 13:8.
Exodus 12:5
5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
King James Version
Exodus 12:13
13 And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.
King James Version
Leviticus 1:10
10 And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.
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Leviticus 4:32
32 And if he bring a lamb for a sin offering, he shall bring it a female without blemish.
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Jeremiah 11:19
19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
King James Version
John 1:29
29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
King James Version
John 1:36
36 And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
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Acts 8:32-35
32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
King James Version
1 Peter 1:19
19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot:
King James Version
Revelation 5:6
6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
King James Version
Revelation 13:8
8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.
King James Version
Here is Isaiah 53:7 with the rest of its associated cross references as I have given them in my digital resource, The Ultimate Cross Reference Treasury:
Isa 53:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
to the slaughter. +Gen 43:16, Mat 17:23, Mar 12:7, Rom 8:36.
Genesis 43:16
16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.
King James Version
Matthew 17:23
23 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
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Mark 12:7
7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.
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Romans 8:36
36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
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sheep. =Lev 1:10.
Leviticus 1:10
10 And if his offering be of the flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall bring it a male without blemish.
King James Version
before her shearers. +Gen 31:19, Act 8:32.
Genesis 31:19
19 And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father’s.
King James Version
Acts 8:32
32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
King James Version
is dumb. T1941 (Messiah to be dumb, that is, silent before his accusers). $Mat 27:12, 13, 14, Mar 15:3, $1Pe 2:23.
Matthew 27:12-14
12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.
13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?
14 And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.
King James Version
Mark 15:3
3 And the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing.
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1 Peter 2:23
23 Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously:
King James Version
opened not. Jas 5:6.
James 5:6
6 Ye have condemned and killed the just; and he doth not resist you.
King James Version