Isaiah, 53

¹ Who has put faith in the thing heard from us?^*1 And as for the arm of Jehovah, to whom has it been revealed?

² He will come up like a twig before him,^*1 like a root out of parched land. No stately form does he have, nor any splendor; And when we see him, his appearance does not draw us to him.^*2

³ He was despised and was avoided by men, A man who was meant for^*1 pains and was familiar with sickness. It was as if his face were hidden from us.^*2 He was despised, and we held him as of no account.

⁴ Truly he himself carried our sicknesses, And he bore our pains. But we considered him as plagued, stricken by God and afflicted.

⁵ But he was pierced for our transgression; He was crushed for our errors. He bore the punishment for our peace, And because of his wounds we were healed.

⁶ Like sheep we have all wandered about, Each has turned his own way, And Jehovah has caused the error of us all to meet up with him.

⁷ He was oppressed and he let himself be afflicted, But he would not open his mouth. He was brought like a sheep to the slaughter, Like a ewe that is silent before its shearers, And he would not open his mouth.

⁸ Because of restraint^*1 and judgment he was taken away; And who will concern himself with the details of his generation?^*2 For he was cut off from the land of the living; Because of the transgression of my people he received the stroke.^*3

⁹ And he was given a burial place^*1 with the wicked, And with the rich^*2 in his death, Although he had done no wrong^*3 And there was no deception in his mouth.

¹⁰ But it was Jehovah’s will^*1 to crush him, and he let him become sick. If you will present his life^*2 as a guilt offering, He will see his offspring,^*3 he will prolong his days, And through him the delight^*4 of Jehovah will have success.

¹¹ Because of his anguish,^*1 he will see and be satisfied. By means of his knowledge the righteous one, my servant, Will bring a righteous standing to many people, And their errors he will bear.

¹² For that reason I will assign him a portion among the many, And he will apportion the spoil with the mighty, Because he poured out his life^*1 even to death And was counted among the transgressors; He carried the sin of many people, And he interceded for the transgressors.