Isaiah 53:3–11

³He was despised and rejected by mankind,

a man of suffering,^a and familiar with pain.^b

Like one from whom people hide^c their faces

he was despised,^d and we held him in low esteem.

⁴Surely he took up our pain

and bore our suffering,^e

yet we considered him punished by God,^f

stricken by him, and afflicted.^g

⁵But he was pierced^h for our transgressions,ⁱ

he was crushed^j for our iniquities;

the punishment^k that brought us peace^l was on him,

and by his wounds^m we are healed.ⁿ

⁶We all, like sheep, have gone astray,^o

each of us has turned to our own way;^p

and the Lord has laid on him

the iniquity^q of us all.

⁷He was oppressed^r and afflicted,

yet he did not open his mouth;^s

he was led like a lamb^t to the slaughter,^u

and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,

so he did not open his mouth.

⁸By oppression^a and judgment^v he was taken away.

Yet who of his generation protested?

For he was cut off from the land of the living;^w

for the transgression^x of my people he was punished.^b

⁹He was assigned a grave with the wicked,^y

and with the rich^z in his death,

though he had done no violence,^a

nor was any deceit in his mouth.^b

¹⁰Yet it was the Lord’s will^c to crush^d him and cause him to suffer,^e

and though the Lord makes^c his life an offering for sin,^f

he will see his offspring^g and prolong his days,

and the will of the Lord will prosper^h in his hand.

¹¹After he has suffered,ⁱ

he will see the light^j of life^d and be satisfied^e;

by his knowledge^f my righteous servant^k will justify^l many,

and he will bear their iniquities.^m