Bible Strands
Isaiah 53:1
Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh speaks, posing two rhetorical questions about the reception of the prophetic message and the revelation of His saving power. The "our" in "our message" ties the speaker to the prophet's proclamation.
The words — זְרוֹעַ (zə·rō·aʿ), "arm," is a fixed idiom in the OT for Yahweh's act of deliverance (Exodus 6:6; 12:12); here it is the object of revelation, the concrete power behind the message.
The thread — John 12:38 and Romans 10:16 both quote this verse directly, applying it to Israel's unbelief; 1 Corinthians 1:18 echoes the same division between those who find the message foolish and those who receive it as power.
Why it lands — The verse places the reader inside the "who?" — it is a direct question about whether you are among those who believed and to whom the arm was revealed.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
Cross-references
- John 12:38 This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
- Romans 10:16 But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”
- 1 Corinthians 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.
- John 1:12 But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God—
- Matthew 16:17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by My Father in heaven.
- Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
- 1 Corinthians 1:24 but to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.
- Isaiah 52:10 The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
- Isaiah 40:5 And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
- John 1:7 He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.