Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
The prophet, in the close of the former chapter, had foreseen and foretold the kind reception which the gospel of Christ should find among the Gentiles, that nations and their kings should bid it welcome, that those who had not seen him should believe in him; and though they had not any prophecies among them of gospel grace, which might raise their expectations, and dispose...
Commenting on Isaiah 53:1-3
Who hath believed our report?.... Or "hearing" (a). Not what we hear, but others hear from us; the doctrine of the Gospel, which is a report of the love, grace, and mercy of God in Christ; of Christ himself, his person, offices, obedience, sufferings, and death, and of free and full salvation by him: it is a good report, a true and faithful one, and...
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? (a) The prophet shows that very few will receive their preaching from Christ, and from their deliverance by him, . (b) Meaning, that no one can believe but whose hearts God touches with the virtue of his Holy Spirit.