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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 52:15 - 52:15
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sprinkle many - Gesenius, for the antithesis to “be astonished,” translates, “shall cause ... to exult.” But the word universally in the Old Testament means either to sprinkle with blood, as the high priest makes an expiation (Lev 4:6; Lev 16:18, Lev 16:19); or with water, to purify (Eze 36:25; compare as to the Spirit, Act 2:33), both appropriate to Messiah (Joh 13:8; Heb 9:13, Heb 9:14; Heb 10:22; Heb 12:24; 1Pe 1:2). The antithesis is sufficient without any forced rendering. Many were astonished; so many (not merely men, but) nations shall be sprinkled. They were amazed at such an abject person claiming to be Messiah; yet it is He who shall justify and purify. Men were dumb with the amazement of scorn at one marred more than the lowest of men, yet the highest: even kings (Isa 49:7, Isa 49:23) shall be dumb with awe and veneration (“shut ... mouths”; Job 29:9, Job 29:10; Mic 7:16).
that ... not ... told them - the reason why kings shall so venerate them; the wonders of redemption, which had not been before told them, shall then be announced to them, wonders such as they had never heard or seen paralleled (Isa 55:1; Rom 15:21; Rom 16:25, Rom 16:26).