| Isaiah
(Yeshayahu) 53
Who has believed our message and to whom has
the arm of the LORD been revealed? He grew up
before him like a tender shoot, and like a root
out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty
to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance
that we should desire him.
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of
sorrows, and familiar with suffering. Like one
from whom men hide their faces he was despised,
and we esteemed him not.
Surely
he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows,
yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten
by him, and afflicted. But he was pierced for
our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon
him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all,
like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has
turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid
on him the iniquity of us all.
He
was oppressed and afflicted, yet he did not
open his mouth; he was led like a lamb to the
slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers
is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
By oppression and judgment he was taken away.
And who can speak of his descendants?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression of my people he was stricken.
He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and
with the rich in his death, though he had done
no violence, nor was any deceit in his mouth.
Yet
it was the LORD's will to crush him and cause
him to suffer, and though the LORD makes his
life a guilt offering, he will see his offspring
and prolong his days, and the will of the LORD
will prosper in his hand. After the suffering
of his soul, he will see the light of life and
be satisfied; by his knowledge my righteous
servant will justify many, and he will bear
their iniquities. Therefore I will give him
a portion among the great, and he will divide
the spoils with the strong, because he poured
out his life unto death, and was numbered with
the transgressors. For he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors.
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