Isaiah 53

Who has believed our message^j

and to whom has the arm^k of the Lord been revealed?^l

He grew up before him like a tender shoot,^m

and like a rootⁿ out of dry ground.

He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,

nothing in his appearance^o that we should desire him.

He was despised and rejected by others,

a man of suffering,^p and familiar with pain.^q

Like one from whom people hide^r their faces

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

Surely he took up our pain

and bore our suffering,^t

yet we considered him punished by God,^u

stricken by him, and afflicted.^v

But he was pierced^w for our transgressions,^x

he was crushed^y for our iniquities;

the punishment^z that brought us peace^a was on him,

and by his wounds^b we are healed.^c

We all, like sheep, have gone astray,^d

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

and the Lord has laid on him

the iniquity^f of us all.

He was oppressed^g and afflicted,

yet he did not open his mouth;^h

he was led like a lambⁱ to the slaughter,^j

and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,

so he did not open his mouth.

By oppression and judgment^k he was taken away.

Yet who of his generation protested?

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

for the transgression^m of my people he was punished.

He was assigned a grave with the wicked,ⁿ

and with the rich^o in his death,

though he had done no violence,^p

nor was any deceit in his mouth.^q

Yet it was the Lord’s will^r to crush^s him and cause him to suffer,^t

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

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

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

After he has suffered,^x

he will see the light^y of life and be satisfied;

by his knowledge my righteous servant^z will justify^a many,

and he will bear their iniquities.^b

Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,^c

and he will divide the spoils^d with the strong,

because he poured out his life unto death,^e

and was numbered with the transgressors.^f

For he bore^g the sin of many,^h

and made intercessionⁱ for the transgressors.