Isaiah 53–55

53^aWho hath believed our ^||†report?

And to whom is ^bthe arm of the Lord revealed?

²For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant,

And as ^ca root out of ^da dry ground:

^eHe hath no form nor comeliness;

And when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.

^3fHe is despised and ^grejected of men;

^hA man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief:

And ^||†iwe hid as it were our faces from him;

He was despised, and ^kwe esteemed him not.

⁴Surely ^lhe hath borne our griefs,

And carried our sorrows:

Yet we did esteem him ^mstricken,

ⁿSmitten of God, and afflicted.

⁵But ^ohe was ^||pwounded for our transgressions,

He was bruised for our iniquities:

^qThe chastisement of ^qqour peace was upon him;

And ^rswith his ^†stripes we are healed.

^6rtAll we like sheep have gone astray;

^tWe have turned every one to his own way;

And ^uthe Lord ^†hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

^7wHe was oppressed, and he was afflicted,

Yet ^xhe opened not his mouth:

^yzHe is brought as a lamb to the slaughter,

And as a sheep before her shearers is dumb,

So he openeth not his mouth.

^8y||He was taken from prison and from judgment:

And ^bwho shall declare his generation?

For ^che was cut off out of ^dthe land of the living:

For the transgression of my people ^†was he stricken.

⁹And he made his grave with the wicked,

And ^ewith the rich in his ^†death;

^fBecause ^ghe had done no violence,

Neither was any deceit in his mouth.

¹⁰Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath ^hput him to grief:

^||iWhen thou shalt make his soul ^kan offering for sin,

^lHe shall see his seed, ^mhe shall prolong his days,

And ⁿthe pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

¹¹He shall see of the travail of his soul, and ^oshall be satisfied:

^pBy his knowledge shall ^qmy righteous ^rservant ^sjustify ^tmany;

^uFor he shall bear their iniquities.

^12vTherefore will I divide him a portion with the great,

And ^whe shall divide the spoil with the strong;

Because he hath ^xpoured out his soul unto death:

^yAnd he was numbered with the transgressors;

And he bare the sin of many,

And ^zmade intercession for the transgressors.

54^aSing, O barren, thou that didst not bear;

^bBreak forth into singing, and ^ccry aloud, thou that didst not travail with child:

For ^dmore are the children of ^ethe desolate than the children of ^ethe married wife, saith the Lord.

^2fEnlarge the place of ^gthy tent,

And let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations:

^hSpare not, lengthen ^hhthy cords, and strengthen ^githy stakes;

³For thou shalt break forth ^jon the right hand and on the left;

And ^kthy seed shall inherit the Gentiles,

And make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

⁴Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed:

^lNeither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame:

For thou shalt forget the shame ^mof thy youth,

And shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.

⁵For ⁿthy Maker is ^othine husband;

^pThe Lord of hosts is his name;

And ^qthy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel;

^rThe God of the whole earth shall he be called.

⁶For the Lord hath called thee ^sas a woman ^ssforsaken and grieved in spirit,

And ^ta wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.

^7uFor a small moment have I forsaken thee;

But ^vwith great mercies will I gather thee.

⁸In a little wrath ^wI hid my face from thee ^ufor a moment;

But ^xwith everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee,

Saith the Lord ^qthy Redeemer.

⁹For this is as the waters of Noah unto me:

For ^yas I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth;

^zSo have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.

^10zFor ^athe mountains shall depart,

And ^athe hills ^bbe removed;

But my kindness shall not depart from thee,

Neither shall ^cthe covenant of my peace be removed,

Saith the Lord that hath mercy on thee.

^11dO thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted,

Behold, I will lay thy stones ^ewith fair colours,

And ^flay thy foundations with sapphires.

¹²And I will make thy windows of ^gagates,

And thy gates of carbuncles,

And all thy borders of ^hpleasant stones.

¹³ⁱAnd all ^kthy children shall be ^ltaught of the Lord;

And ^mgreat shall be the peace of thy children.

¹⁴In righteousness shalt thou be established:

Thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear:

And from terror; for it shall not come near thee.

¹⁵Behold, they shall surely ⁿgather together, ^obut not by me:

Whosoever shall ⁿgather together against thee shall fall for thy sake.

¹⁶Behold, I have created the smith

That bloweth ^pthe coals in the fire,

And that bringeth forth an instrument for his work;

And I have created the waster ^qto destroy.

^17rNo weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper;

And ^severy tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.

This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,

And ^ttheir righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.

55Ho, ^aevery one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters,

And he that hath no money;

^bCome ye, ^cbuy, and eat;

Yea, come, buy ^bwine and milk ^dwithout money and without price.

^2eWherefore do ye ^†spend money for that which is not bread?

And your labour ^ffor that which satisfieth not?

Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good,

And let your soul ^gdelight itself in fatness.

³Incline your ear, and ^hcome unto me:

Hear, and ⁱyour soul shall live;

And ^kI will make an everlasting covenant with you,

Even ^lthe sure mercies of ^mDavid.

⁴Behold, I have given ^mhim for ⁿa witness to the people,

A ^oleader and commander to the people.

⁵Behold, ^pthou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not,

And ^qnations that knew not thee shall run unto thee

Because of the Lord thy God,

And for ^rthe Holy One of Israel; ^rfor ^she hath glorified thee.

^6tSeek ye the Lord while he may be found,

Call ye upon him while he is near:

⁷Let the wicked forsake his way,

And ^†the unrighteous man ^uhis thoughts:

And ^vlet him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him;

And to our God, for ^†he will abundantly ^wpardon.

⁸For ^xmy thoughts are not your thoughts,

Neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.

⁹For ^yas the heavens are higher than the earth,

So are my ways higher than your ways,

And my thoughts than your thoughts.

¹⁰For ^zas the rain cometh down,

And the snow from heaven,

And returneth not thither,

But watereth the earth,

And maketh it bring forth and bud,

^aThat it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

^11bSo shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth:

It shall not return unto me void,

But it shall accomplish that which I please,

And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.

^12cFor ye shall go out with joy,

And be led forth with peace:

The mountains and the hills shall ^dbreak forth before you into singing,

And all ^ethe trees of the field shall clap their hands.

^13fInstead of ^gthe thorn shall come up the fir tree,

And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree:

And it shall be to the Lord ^hfor a name,

For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.