Is it in the Bible?
Is “Like a lamb to the slaughter” in the Bible?
Yes. “Like a lamb to the slaughter” comes from the Bible, from Isaiah 53:7. The prophet Isaiah says it about the suffering servant.
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Where it is, and what it means there.
From the Bible
Yes. It comes from the Bible.
The verse is Isaiah 53:7.
The prophet Isaiah says it about the suffering servant.
The verse
He was treated harshly, and he submitted, yet he did not open his mouth. Like a lamb brought to be slaughtered, like a ewe that falls silent in front of her shearers, he did not open his mouth.
Isaiah 53:7 · open the chapter →
What it means there
The servant suffers without a word of protest. The New Testament reads the passage as a picture of Jesus (Acts 8:32-35).
Also in the Bible
But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. I did not know that they had devised schemes against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name will be remembered no more.”
Jeremiah 11:19 · open the chapter →
This was the passage of Scripture he was reading: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and like a lamb silent before its shearer, so he does not open his mouth.
Acts 8:32 · open the chapter →
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Is “Like a lamb to the slaughter” in the Bible?
Yes. “Like a lamb to the slaughter” comes from the Bible, from Isaiah 53:7. The saying is not word for word. It shortens or reshapes the verse. The prophet Isaiah says it about the suffering servant.
Where in the Bible is “Like a lamb to the slaughter”?
In Isaiah 53:7, and also Jeremiah 11:19 and Acts 8:32. In the Lumin Translation, Isaiah 53:7 reads: “He was treated harshly, and he submitted, yet he did not open his mouth. Like a lamb brought to be slaughtered, like a ewe that falls silent in front of her shearers, he did not open his mouth.”
Who said “Like a lamb to the slaughter”?
The prophet Isaiah says it about the suffering servant.
What does “Like a lamb to the slaughter” mean in the Bible?
The servant suffers without a word of protest. The New Testament reads the passage as a picture of Jesus (Acts 8:32-35).
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