389. Isaiah 53 7968. Verse 1 to the end. A most clear prophecy about the Messiah, that He would come in the appearance of a Servant, despised and afflicted, and would die for the sins of the human Race. This prophecy is so clear that while I was reading it, the spirits around me, who were from the Jewish religion, were completely silent, and could make no objections whatever. They were even afraid that it might be read in front of them a second time, and thus they were convinced. And it is strange, but from shame and from an inborn hostility, they had not wanted to be convinced, as I could see clearly. [Jews]