Isaiah 53:1–54:17
1 aWho has believed our message?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
2 For He grew up before Him like a atender 1shoot,
And like a root out of parched ground;
He has bno stately form or majesty
That we should look upon Him,
Nor appearance that we should 2be attracted to Him.
3 He was adespised and forsaken of men,
A man of 1sorrows and bacquainted with 2grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was cdespised, and we did not desteem Him.
4 Surely our 1griefs He Himself abore,
And our 2sorrows He carried;
Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,
3Smitten of bGod, and afflicted.
5 But He was 1pierced through for aour transgressions,
He was crushed for bour iniquities;
The cchastening for our 2well-being fell upon Him,
And by dHis scourging we are healed.
6 All of us like sheep have gone astray,
Each of us has turned to his own way;
But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all
To 1fall on Him.
7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He did not aopen His mouth;
bLike a lamb that is led to slaughter,
And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,
So He did not open His mouth.
8 By oppression and judgment He was taken away;
And as for His generation, who considered
That He was cut off out of the land of the 1living
aFor the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due?
9 His grave was assigned with wicked men,
Yet He was with a arich man in His death,
bBecause He had cdone no violence,
Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.
To acrush Him, 1bputting Him to grief;
If 2He would render Himself as a guilt coffering,
He will prolong His days,
And the 4good epleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand.
11 As a result of the 1anguish of His soul,
He will asee 2it and be satisfied;
By His bknowledge the Righteous One,
My Servant, will justify the many,
As He will cbear their iniquities.
12 Therefore, I will allot Him a aportion with the great,
And He will divide the booty with the strong;
Because He poured out 1bHimself to death,
And was cnumbered with the transgressors;
Yet He Himself dbore the sin of many,
And interceded for the transgressors.
1 “aShout for joy, O barren one, you who have borne no child;
Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not travailed;
For the sons of the bdesolate one will be cmore numerous
Than the sons of the married woman,” says the Lord.
2 “aEnlarge the place of your tent;
1Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, spare not;
Lengthen your bcords
And strengthen your bpegs.
3 “For you will aspread abroad to the right and to the left.
And your 1descendants will bpossess nations
And will cresettle the desolate cities.
4 “Fear not, for you will anot be put to shame;
And do not feel humiliated, for you will not be disgraced;
But you will forget the bshame of your youth,
And the creproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.
5 “For your ahusband is your Maker,
Whose name is the Lord of hosts;
And your bRedeemer is the Holy One of Israel,
Who is called the cGod of all the earth.
6 “For the Lord has called you,
Like a wife aforsaken and grieved in spirit,
Even like a wife of one’s youth when she is rejected,”
Says your God.
7 “1For a abrief moment I forsook you,
But with great compassion I will bgather you.
I hid My face from you for a moment,
But with everlasting blovingkindness I will chave compassion on you,”
Says the Lord your dRedeemer.
9 “For 1this is like the days of Noah to Me,
When I swore that the waters of Noah
Would anot 2flood the earth again;
So I have sworn that I will bnot be angry with you
Nor will I rebuke you.
10 “For the amountains may be removed and the hills may shake,
But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you,
And My bcovenant of peace will not be shaken,”
Says cthe Lord who has compassion on you.
11 “O aafflicted one, storm-tossed, and bnot comforted,
Behold, I will set your stones in antimony,
And your foundations I will clay in 1dsapphires.
12 “Moreover, I will make your battlements of 1rubies,
And your gates of 2crystal,
And your entire 3wall of precious stones.
13 “aAll your sons will be 1taught of the Lord;
And the well-being of your sons will be bgreat.
14 “In arighteousness you will be established;
You will be far from boppression, for you will cnot fear;
And from dterror, for it will not come near you.
15 “If anyone fiercely assails you it will not be from Me.
aWhoever assails you will fall because of you.
16 “Behold, I Myself have created the smith who blows the fire of coals
And brings out a weapon for its work;
And I have created the destroyer to ruin.
17 “aNo weapon that is formed against you will prosper;
And bevery tongue that 1accuses you in judgment you will condemn.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
And their cvindication is from Me,” declares the Lord.