Isaiah 53:1–8

Who has believed what we have heard? ^s

And who has the arm of the Lord ^tbeen revealed to? ^u

²He grew up before Him like a young plant ^v

and like a root out of dry ground.

He didn’t have an impressive form

or majesty that we should look at Him,

no appearance that we should desire Him. ^w

³He was despised and rejected by men, ^x

a man of suffering who knew what sickness was. ^y

He was like someone people turned away from; ^z

He was despised, and we didn’t value Him.

⁴Yet He Himself bore our sicknesses,

and He carried our pains; ^a

but we in turn regarded Him stricken,

struck down by God, ^band afflicted.

⁵But He was pierced because of our transgressions, ^c

crushed because of our iniquities; ^d

punishment ^efor our peace was on Him,

and we are healed by His wounds. ^f

⁶We all went astray like sheep; ^g

we all have turned to our own way;

and the Lord has punished Him

for ^hthe iniquity ⁱof us all. ^j

⁷He was oppressed and afflicted,

yet He did not open His mouth.

Like a lamb led to the slaughter

and like a sheep silent before her shearers,

He did not open His mouth. ^k

⁸He was taken away because of oppression and judgment;

and who considered His fate? ^l

For He was cut off from the land of the living;

He was struck because of my people’s rebellion.