They twisted together a crown of thorns, put it on his head, and placed a staff in his right hand. And they knelt down before him and mocked him: ‘Hail, king of the Jews! ’
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of suffering who knew what sickness was. He was like someone people turned away from; he was despised, and we didn’t value him.
This is what the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, says to one who is despised, to one abhorred by people, , to a servant of rulers: ‘Kings will see, princes will stand up, and they will all bow down because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel #– #and he has chosen you.’