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Isaiah 53
1 Who has believed our message? To whom will the LORD reveal his
saving power? 2My servant grew up in the LORD's presence like a
tender green shoot, sprouting from a root in dry and sterile ground.
There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance, nothing
to attract us to him. 3He was despised and rejected--a man of sorrows,
acquainted with bitterest grief. We turned our backs on him and
looked the other way when he went by. He was despised, and we did
not care.
4Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows[1] that
weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment
from God for his own sins! 5But he was wounded and crushed for our
sins. He was beaten that we might have peace. He was whipped, and
we were healed! 6All of us have strayed away like sheep. We have
left God's paths to follow our own. Yet the LORD laid on him the
guilt and sins of us all.
7He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word.
He was led as a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent
before the shearers, he did not open his mouth. 8From prison and
trial they led him away to his death. But who among the people realized
that he was dying for their sins--that he was suffering their punishment?
9He had done no wrong, and he never deceived anyone. But he was
buried like a criminal; he was put in a rich man's grave.
10But it was the LORD's good plan to crush him and fill him with
grief. Yet when his life is made an offering for sin, he will have
a multitude of children, many heirs. He will enjoy a long life,
and the LORD's plan will prosper in his hands. 11When he sees all
that is accomplished by his anguish, he will be satisfied. And because
of what he has experienced, my righteous servant will make it possible
for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their sins.
12I will give him the honors of one who is mighty and great, because
he exposed himself to death. He was counted among those who were
sinners. He bore the sins of many and interceded for sinners.
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