# He was oppressed "They treated him harshly" # he did not open his mouth "he did not protest" # as a lamb that is led to the slaughter, and as a sheep that before its shearers is silent Isaiah compares the servant to a lamb and a sheep to emphasize that he will remain silent as people harm and humiliate him. # as a lamb that is led to the slaughter "just as a lamb is silent as a person slaughters it"