Komentarz do Izajasza 53:3

Despised and rejected by men was he. So is the custom of this prophet: he mentions all Israel as one man, e.g., (44:2), “Fear not, My servant Jacob”; (44:1) “And now, hearken, Jacob, My servant.” Here too (52:13), “Behold My servant shall prosper,” he said concerning the house of Jacob. יַשְׂכִּיל is an expression of prosperity. Comp. (I Sam. 18:14) “And David was successful (מַשְׂכִּיל) in all his ways.”

וחדל אישים He ceased to be counted with men.³A. V., And rejected of men.

and as one who hides his face from us Because of their intense shame and humility, they were as one who hides his face from us, with their faces bound up in concealment, in order that we not see them, like a plagued man who hides his face and is afraid to look.

איש מכאבות A man of sorrows. The servant of the Lord, or the whole nation of the Israelites; in the latter case איש is to be compared with the same word in the phrase יי איש מלחמה (Exod. 15:3),⁴Comp. I. E. on 40:26, and Note 59. and to be explained a being; it is in the construct state. Sorrows, grief. The troubles which Israel has to suffer during the exile are meant.

And we hid, as it were, our faces from him. Even in our days there are people who turn aside at the sight of a Jew, lest they may be obliged to assist him.