He was offered because it was his own will, and he opened not his mouth: he shall be led as a sheep to the slaughter, and shall be dumb as a lamb before his shearer, and he shall not open his mouth.
Rashi
He was oppressed, and he was afflicted Behold he was oppressed by taskmasters and people who exert pressure. and he was afflicted with verbal taunts, sorparlec in O.F. yet he would not open his mouth He would suffer and remain silent like the lamb that is brought to the slaughter, and like the ewe that is mute before her shearers. and he would not open his mouth This refers to the lamb brought to the slaughter.
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
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