Isaiah 53

The Suffering Servant

1Who has believed our message?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
For He grew up before Him like a tender [a]shoot,
And like a root out of parched ground;
He has no stately form or majesty
That we should look upon Him,
Nor appearance that we should [b]be attracted to Him.
He was despised and forsaken of men,
A man of [c]sorrows and acquainted with [d]grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

Surely our [e]griefs He Himself bore,
And our [f]sorrows He carried;
Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,
[g]Smitten of God, and afflicted.
But He was [h]pierced through for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities;
The chastening for our [i]well-being fell upon Him,
And by His scourging we are healed.
All of us like sheep have gone astray,
Each of us has turned to his own way;
But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all
To [j]fall on Him.

He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He did not open His mouth;
Like a lamb that is led to slaughter,
And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,
So He did not open His mouth.
By oppression and judgment He was taken away;
And as for His generation, who considered
That He was cut off out of the land of the [k]living
For the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due?
His grave was assigned with wicked men,
Yet He was with a rich man in His death,
Because He had done no violence,
Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.

10 But the Lord was pleased
To crush Him, [l]putting Him to grief;
If [m]He would render Himself as a guilt offering,
He will see His [n]offspring,
He will prolong His days,
And the [o]good pleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand.
11 As a result of the [p]anguish of His soul,
He will see [q]it and be satisfied;
By His knowledge the Righteous One,
My Servant, will justify the many,
As He will bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore, I will allot Him a portion with the great,
And He will divide the booty with the strong;
Because He poured out [r]Himself to death,
And was numbered with the transgressors;
Yet He Himself bore the sin of many,
And interceded for the transgressors.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 53:2 Lit suckling
  2. Isaiah 53:2 Lit desire
  3. Isaiah 53:3 Or pains
  4. Isaiah 53:3 Or sickness
  5. Isaiah 53:4 Or sickness
  6. Isaiah 53:4 Or pains
  7. Isaiah 53:4 Or Struck down by
  8. Isaiah 53:5 Or wounded
  9. Isaiah 53:5 Or peace
  10. Isaiah 53:6 Lit encounter Him
  11. Isaiah 53:8 Or life
  12. Isaiah 53:10 Lit He made Him sick
  13. Isaiah 53:10 Lit His soul
  14. Isaiah 53:10 Lit seed
  15. Isaiah 53:10 Or will of
  16. Isaiah 53:11 Or toilsome labor
  17. Isaiah 53:11 Another reading is light
  18. Isaiah 53:12 Lit His soul