1 Who has believed our message
and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? |
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. |
3 He was despised and rejected by men,
a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering.
Like one from whom men hide their faces
he was despised, and we esteemed him not. |
4 Surely he took up our infirmities
and carried our sorrows,
yet we considered him stricken by God,
smitten by him, and afflicted. |
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon him,
and by his wounds we are healed. |
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to his own way;
and the LORD has laid on him
the iniquity of us all. |
7 He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before her shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth. |
8 By oppression1 53:8 Or From arrest and judgment he was taken away.
And who can speak of his descendants?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression of my people he was stricken.2 53:8 Or away. / Yet who of his generation considered / that he was cut off from the land of the living / for the transgression of my people, / to whom the blow was due? |
9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth. |
10 Yet it was the LORD's will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
and though the LORD makes3 53:10 Hebrew though you make his life a guilt offering,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand. |
11 After the suffering of his soul,
he will see the light of life4 53:11 Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text does not have the light of life . and be satisfied5 53:11 Or (with Masoretic Text) 11 He will see the result of the suffering of his soul / and be satisfied ;
by his knowledge6 53:11 Or by knowledge of him my righteous servant will justify many,
and he will bear their iniquities. |
12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,7 53:12 Or many
and he will divide the spoils with the strong,8 53:12 Or numerous
because he poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors. |
