³ He 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.

⁴ Surely he took up our pain
    and bore our suffering,^(E)
yet we considered him punished by God,^(F)
    stricken by him, and afflicted.^(G)
5 But 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)
6 We 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.

⁷ He 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.
⁸ By 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]
9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,^(Y)
    and with the rich^(Z) in his death,
though he had done no violence,^(AA)
    nor was any deceit in his mouth.^(AB)

¹⁰ Yet it was the Lord’s will^(AC) to crush^(AD) him and cause him to suffer,^(AE)
    and though the Lord makes^[c] his life an offering for sin,^(AF)
he will see his offspring^(AG) and prolong his days,
    and the will of the Lord will prosper^(AH) in his hand.
¹¹ After he has suffered,^(AI)
    he will see the light^(AJ) of life^[d] and be satisfied^[e];
by his knowledge^[f] my righteous servant^(AK) will justify^(AL) many,
    and he will bear their iniquities.^(AM)
12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,^[g](AN)
    and he will divide the spoils^(AO) with the strong,^[h]
because he poured out his life unto death,^(AP)
    and was numbered with the transgressors.^(AQ)
For he bore^(AR) the sin of many,^(AS)
    and made intercession^(AT) for the transgressors.

⁵ For your Maker^(A) is your husband^(B)—
    the Lord Almighty is his name—
the Holy One^(C) of Israel is your Redeemer;^(D)
    he is called the God of all the earth.^(E)
6 The Lord will call you back^(F)
    as if you were a wife deserted^(G) and distressed in spirit—
a wife who married young,^(H)
    only to be rejected,” says your God.
⁷ “For a brief moment^(I) I abandoned^(J) you,
    but with deep compassion^(K) I will bring you back.^(L)
8 In a surge of anger^(M)
    I hid^(N) my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness^(O)
    I will have compassion^(P) on you,”
    says the Lord your Redeemer.^(Q)

⁶ Seek^(T) the Lord while he may be found;^(U)
    call^(V) on him while he is near.
⁷ Let the wicked forsake^(W) their ways
    and the unrighteous their thoughts.^(X)
Let them turn^(Y) to the Lord, and he will have mercy^(Z) on them,
    and to our God, for he will freely pardon.^(AA)

⁸ “For my thoughts^(AB) are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways my ways,”^(AC)
declares the Lord.
⁹ “As the heavens are higher than the earth,^(AD)
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.^(AE)