Word Study: “Laid” (pāgaʿ)
Isaiah 53:6 • Strong’s H6293
📱 Laid — Word Study Short
Today's Revelations
- 1 Every wandering path converges at one point. Isaiah moves from all of us, to every person turning to his own way, to one Servant. Scattered choices do not disappear into the distance; the iniquity of us all is gathered at a single meeting place.
- 2 ‘Laid’ is stronger than gentle placement. Pāgaʿ can describe meeting, encountering, falling upon, or striking. In Isaiah 53:6, the LORD causes our iniquity to meet the Servant—not as a weight quietly set down, but as the forceful collision of human rebellion with the one who receives it.
- 3 The blow and the mediation meet in the Servant. The same Hebrew root can also describe intercession because an intercessor enters the meeting point. The Servant does not mediate from a protected distance; he stands where the consequence lands, so the striking and the interceding become one costly act.
- 4 Substitution names both the cost and the grace. God does not pretend the wandering was harmless, and he does not leave the wanderers beneath its full weight. The iniquity strikes the Servant. Grace is therefore neither denial nor moral indifference—it is forgiveness purchased through a burden truly borne.
- 5 Released guilt becomes a new way of walking. Because the crushing weight has met the Servant, we can stop rehearsing self-condemnation, confess what is ours, and turn from our own way. We may also interrupt retaliation and bear appropriate cost for peace without excusing abuse, hiding truth, or enabling further harm.
The Bottom Line
We each turned to our own way, yet God caused the iniquity of us all to meet the Servant. In pāgaʿ, the collision and the intercession converge: the mediator steps into the path of the blow and bears what would have fallen on the wanderers. Bring your real guilt to Christ instead of hiding it or carrying it as endless self-punishment. Receive the grace that cost him dearly, turn back toward God, and let that mercy form a truthful, non-retaliatory life that never calls evil harmless.
Word Study: pāgaʿ (H6293)
Isaiah 53:6 — “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all”
Linguistic Nuance
Pāgaʿ can describe meeting, striking, falling upon, or interceding; Isaiah uses it for the forceful convergence of our iniquity on the Servant.
Historical Context
An ancient Judean audience would hear a more jarring action than gently laying hands on a sacrifice: the community’s guilt meets the Servant as an assault.
Practical Application
Bring real guilt to Christ, receive the grace that has borne its cost, and turn toward confession, repair, and peace instead of hiding or self-punishment.
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Biblical Insight
Why does pāgaʿ carry the range of both striking and interceding—and how do the blow and the mediation converge in the Servant’s suffering?
Overview
Isaiah 53:6 gathers every wandering path into one point where the iniquity of us all meets the Servant.
Key Biblical Passages
Pāgaʿ joins the blow and the mediation because the Servant intercedes by standing where the consequence lands.
Practical Wisdom
Confess what is yours, seek repair, and interrupt retaliation without excusing abuse, hiding truth, or enabling further harm.
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