Disconnection #Messiah texts Isaiah 53:8 #Psalter

31. Accompagnato (tenor) – He was cut off out the land of the living: for the transgressions of thy people was he stricken.

Isaiah 53:8

מֵעֹ֤צֶר וּמִמִּשְׁפָּט֙ לֻקָּ֔ח וְאֶת־דּוֹר֖וֹ מִ֣י יְשׂוֹחֵ֑חַ כִּ֤י נִגְזַר֙ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ חַיִּ֔ים מִפֶּ֥שַׁע עַמִּ֖י נֶ֥גַע לָֽמוֹ		8 From coercion and from judgment he is taken, and who will ponder his generation? Because he was disconnected from the land of the living, from the transgressions of my people, their contagion.
k myoxr ummwp't luqk vat-doro mi iwokk ci ngzr marx kiim mpwy ymi ngy lmo	18 17	m/yxr vmm/wp't lqk v/at dvr\v mi i/wvk\k ci n/gzr m/arx ki\im m/pwy ym\i ngy l\mv

Here is the verse that gives rise to the phrase, that takes away the sin of the world and variations on this thought. See the prior post on the Lamb of God and the final post on part III for other New Testament developments on this theme. I think our choice, regardless of what we say we believe, is to chose to participate in the taking away rather than the piling on of that same sin.

Is it my or thy? It's not a matter of blame or punishment, just so you know. It's a matter of choice where possible and working out the difficulty of justice and kindness. It applies equally to family matters, city bylaws, cooperation with various levels of government, and such moral principles as are commanded and promised in the tables of the law.

I say 'where possible' because for some humans, such a choice is precluded when there is inter-generational trauma and / or damage to the brain from whatever cause. The choices are not easy even for those who are whole and in good health, because self-interest has to play second fiddle sometimes, and we're not always good members of a quartet. This thought is behind my translation of Psalm 15, verse 4 noted in this series here.