How about otzer?
The translation of confinement (otzer, vs8) as oppression is unwarranted. The word is also translated thus in Psalm 107:39, which is clearly wrong in relation to the princes mentioned there.
Rulers can be pressed (surrounded and wander in wastes) but not oppressed. In the only other instance, Proverbs 30:16, the same word refers to barren [womb], also a closed place, confinement. Because of (from) oppression he was taken is also meaningless, unless we assume he was taken from this world of oppression to the heavenly kingdom; but Isaiah does not profess resurrection. In the Tanach, taken [by God] is used only with Enoch and Elijah, and seems too high-flown considering the writer's attitude toward his subject. Further, this reading is not congruent with his soul was exposed to death.
Sincerely,
Vadim Cherny
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