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.. My feet and they counted all My bones ; though they ; knew Me they despised Me and they divided My themselves and garments among they cast lots for My ; ; x apparel." Thus Isaiah prophesied concerning the Incarnation and Crucifixion of Christ, and said, " Who believeth our word, and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed ? And we spake like a child before Him and He is like a root in parched ground, He hath no beauty and no form and His form is more rejected and abased than [that of] any man. He is a broken man and a : ; for He hath turned away His face, and they treat Him with contempt and esteem Him as man of suffering nothing." ; 2 Thus Solomon prophesied and said, " Let us kill the righteous man, for he is a burden unto us ; he setteth himself up against our works, he resisteth our intentions and we are an abomination unto him " because of our sins." 3 And he continued, saying, if son, let not wicked men lead thee astray they say ' unto thee, Come with us, be a partner with us, let us and hide innocent blood and take plunder from him withdraw let there be one purse common to us all' thyself from their footsteps, for let it not be through 4 thee that the birds find the net." continually, My ; ; : Thus David prophesied and said, " They cast gall into My meat, and they gave Me vinegar to drink to [quench] My thirst." " 5 Thus prophesied Isaiah the Prophet and said, He hath taken our disease and carried our sickness, and by and we saw Him suffering, His wound we are healed and He opened not His in his and wounded pain to be slaughtered like came and He His in mouth pain, shearer He his a lamb before opened not His mouth in ; ; ; 1 Psalm xxii, 16. 2 Isaiah liii, 1-3. Wisdom ii, 12. 3 214 * Proverbs i, 10 ff. & Psalm Ixix, 21.