Yes...that's the one.
"According to modern scholarship (among whom include Christians), the suffering servant described in Isaiah chapter 53 is actually the Jewish people in its original context.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaiah_53
There's no way it is talking about the Jewish people. It is talking about an individual, it's obvious. I'll post the chapter and highlight what I mean:
Isaiah 52
The Suffering and Glory of the Servant
13See, my servant will act wisely;
he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.
14 Just as there were many who were appalled at
him—
his appearance was so disfigured beyond that of any human
being and his form marred beyond human likeness—
15 so he will sprinkle many nations,
and kings will shut their mouths because of him.
For what they were not told, they will see,
and what they have not heard, they will understand.
Jesus fulfilled 15.
Isaiah 53
53 Who has believed our message
and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
3 He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a
man of suffering, and familiar with pain.
Like one from whom people hide their faces
he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
4 Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,(When did the Jews did this)
yet we considered him punished by God,
stricken by him, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,(crucifiction)
he was crushed for our iniquities;(who is "our" if we're talking about the Jewish people?)
the punishment that brought us peace was on him,(When was peace on the Jewish people?)
and by
his wounds we are healed.
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,(Who is "we" if not the audience, the Jewish people)
each of us has turned to our own way;(The Jewish people)
and the Lord has laid on
him
the iniquity of us all.(all = Jewish people)
7
He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away.
Yet who of his generation protested?(what Jews protested? How can it be the Jewish people when they clearly are the audience in this chapter?)
For he was cut off from the land of the living;(Jesus was killed)
for the transgression of my people he was punished.(Jesus)
9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth.(trying to tell me there was no deceit in Jewish the mouths of the JEWS?)
10 Yet it was the Lord’s will to
crush him and cause
him to suffer,
and though the Lord makes his life an offering for sin, (Jesus)
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,(Jesus saw his followers, and still does as His Kingdom is eternal)
and the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
11 After he has suffered,
he will see the light of life and be satisfied;
by
his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many,
and he will bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,
and he will divide the spoils with the strong,
because he poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,(Jesus)
and made intercession for the transgressors.(Jesus)
"The mashiach (messiah) will be a great political leader descended from King David (
Jeremiah 23:5). The mashiach is often referred to as "mashiach ben David" (mashiach, son of David). He will be well-versed in Jewish law, and observant of its commandments (
Isaiah 11:2-5). He will be a charismatic leader, inspiring others to follow his example. He will be a great military leader, who will win battles for
Israel. He will be a great judge, who makes righteous decisions (
Jeremiah 33:15). But above all, he will be a human being, not a god, demi-god or other supernatural being...
These are future prophecies. Can you honestly imagine some other Jew fitting this bill?
Before the time of the mashiach, there shall be war and suffering (
Ezekiel 38:16)
There was.
The mashiach will bring about the political and spiritual redemption of the
Jewish people by bringing us back to
Israel and restoring Jerusalem (
Isaiah 11:11-12;
Jeremiah 23:8; 30:3;
Hosea 3:4-5). He will establish a government in Israel that will be the center of all world government, both for Jews and gentiles (
Isaiah 2:2-4; 11:10; 42:1). He will rebuild the
Temple and re-establish its worship (
Jeremiah 33:18). He will restore the religious court system of Israel and establish Jewish law as the law of the land (
Jeremiah 33:15).
Future prophecy. He has already brought Jews and Gentiles back to Israel.
