Isaiah's Prophecies of the Mortal Messiah

6:9–10

Jesus would declare, “By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: For this people’s heart is waxed gross.”

Matt. 13:14–15

7:14

Jesus would be born of a virgin and called Immanuel.

Matt. 1:22–23

8:11–15

Jesus would be like a temple to the righteous and a rock of offense to others.

Rom. 9:33; 1 Pet. 2:8

9:1–2

Jesus would be a light out of darkness

Matt. 4:14–16; Luke 2:32

9:1–2

Jesus would dwell in “Capernaum . . . beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles.”

Matt. 4:13–15

9:6–7

Jesus would be born and would receive divine names and the throne and kingdom.

Matt. 1:21–23; Luke 1:32–33

11:1–5

Jesus would be full of understanding and power.

Matt. 3:16; John 3:34; Rom. 15:12

11:10

“There shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.”

Rom. 15:12

22:22

Messiah would hold the key of David and possess the power to open and shut.

Rev. 3:7

22:23

A nail in a sure place refers to the crucifixion.

Matt. 27:35

25:6–12

“He will swallow up death in victory.”

1 Cor. 15:54

28:16

Jesus would become a sure foundation and cornerstone

Rom. 9:33; 1 Pet. 2:6

40:3

John would precede Jesus as “the voice crying in the wilderness.”

Matt. 3:3

49:6–12

Jesus would be a light to the gentiles.

Acts 13:47; 2 Cor. 6:2

50:6

Jesus would give His “back to the smiters” and hide not His “face from shame and spitting.”

Matt. 26:67; 27:26, 30

52:13

God will exalt Jesus.

Phil. 2:9

52:14

Jesus would be disfigured.

Matt. 26:67

53:1

“Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?”

John 12:38

53:3

Jesus would be despised and rejected.

Mark 15:3–4, 29; Luke 23:1–25

53:3–5

“He was wounded for our transgressions . . . and with his stripes we are healed.”

1 Cor. 15:3; 1 Pet. 2:24

53:6

“All we like sheep have gone astray.”

1 Pet. 2:25

53:7

Jesus would be silent before His accusers.

Mark 14:60–61, 15:4–5; John 1:29; 11:49–52

53:8

Jesus would be sacrificed for the sins of the people.

2 Cor. 5:14–15

53:5, 12

“He was numbered with the transgressors.”

Mark 15:27–28; John 12:37–38; Acts 8:28–35

53:9

“He made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death.”

Matt. 27:57, 59–60; Acts 10:43; 13:38–39; 1 Cor. 15:3

61:1–3

Christ would be anointed to preach good tidings and to open the prison.

Luke 4:17–19; Acts 10:38

63:9

Jesus would be afflicted.

Matt. 25:34–40