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Isaiah 53-55
New American Standard Bible
Isaiah 53-55
New American Standard Bible
The Suffering Servant
53 (A)Who has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
2 For He grew up before Him like a (B)tender [a]shoot,
And like a root out of dry ground;
He has (C)no stately form or majesty
That we would look at Him,
Nor an appearance that we would take pleasure in Him.
3 He was (D)despised and abandoned by men,
A man of [b]great pain and (E)familiar with sickness;
And like one from whom people hide their faces,
He was (F)despised, and we had no (G)regard for Him.
4 However, it was our sicknesses that He Himself (H)bore,
And our pains that He carried;
Yet we ourselves assumed that He had been afflicted,
Struck down by (I)God, and humiliated.
5 But He was [c]pierced for (J)our offenses,
He was crushed for (K)our wrongdoings;
The (L)punishment for our [d]well-being was laid upon Him,
And by (M)His wounds we are healed.
6 All of us, like sheep, have gone astray,
Each of us has turned to his own way;
But the Lord has caused the wrongdoing of us all
To [e]fall on Him.
7 He was oppressed and afflicted,
Yet He did not (N)open His mouth;
(O)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.
8 By oppression and judgment He was taken away;
And as for His generation, who considered
That He was cut off from the land of the [f]living
(P)For the wrongdoing of my people, to whom the blow was due?
9 And His grave was assigned with wicked men,
Yet He was with a (Q)rich man in His death,
(R)Because He had (S)done no violence,
Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.
10 But the Lord desired
To (T)crush Him, [g](U)causing Him grief;
If He renders [h]Himself as a guilt (V)offering,
He will see (W)His [i]offspring,
He will prolong His days,
And the [j]good (X)pleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand.
11 As a result of the [k]anguish of His soul,
He will [l](Y)see it and be satisfied;
By His (Z)knowledge the Righteous One,
My Servant, will justify the many,
For He will (AA)bear their wrongdoings.
12 Therefore, I will allot Him a (AB)portion with the great,
And He will divide the plunder with the strong,
Because He poured out His [m](AC)life unto death,
And was (AD)counted with wrongdoers;
Yet He Himself (AE)bore the sin of many,
And interceded for the wrongdoers.
The Fertility of Zion
54 “(AF)Shout for joy, infertile one, you who have not given birth to any child;
Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not been in labor;
For the sons of the (AG)desolate one will be (AH)more numerous
Than the sons of the married woman,” says the Lord.
2 “(AI)Enlarge the place of your tent;
[n]Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not spare them;
Lengthen your (AJ)ropes
And strengthen your (AK)pegs.
3 For you will (AL)spread out to the right and to the left.
And your [o]descendants will (AM)possess nations
And will (AN)resettle the desolate cities.
4 “Fear not, for you will (AO)not be put to shame;
And do not feel humiliated, for you will not be disgraced;
But you will forget the (AP)shame of your youth,
And no longer remember the (AQ)disgrace of your widowhood.
5 For your (AR)husband is your Maker,
Whose name is the Lord of armies;
And your (AS)Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel,
Who is called the (AT)God of all the earth.
6 For the Lord has called you,
Like a wife (AU)forsaken and grieved in spirit,
Even like a wife of one’s youth when she is rejected,”
Says your God.
7 “[p]For a (AV)brief moment I abandoned you,
But with great compassion I will (AW)gather you.
8 In an [q](AX)outburst of anger
I hid My face from you for a moment,
But with everlasting (AY)favor I will (AZ)have compassion on you,”
Says the Lord your (BA)Redeemer.
9 “For [r]this is like the days of Noah to Me,
When I swore that the waters of Noah
Would (BB)not [s]flood the earth again;
So I have sworn that I will (BC)not be angry with you
Nor rebuke you.
10 For the (BD)mountains may be removed and the hills may shake,
But My [t]favor will not be removed from you,
Nor will My (BE)covenant of peace be shaken,”
Says (BF)the Lord who has compassion on you.
11 “(BG)Afflicted one, storm-tossed, and (BH)not comforted,
Behold, I will set your stones in antimony,
And I will (BI)lay your foundations with [u](BJ)sapphires.
12 Moreover, I will make your battlements of [v]rubies,
And your gates of [w]crystal,
And your entire [x]wall of precious stones.
13 (BK)All your sons will be [y]taught by the Lord;
And the well-being of your sons will be (BL)great.
14 In (BM)righteousness you will be established;
You will be far from (BN)oppression, for you will (BO)not fear;
And from (BP)terror, for it will not come near you.
15 If anyone fiercely attacks you, it will not be from Me.
(BQ)Whoever attacks you will fall because of you.
16 Behold, I Myself have created the smith who blows on the fire of coals
And produces a weapon for its work;
And I have created the destroyer to inflict ruin.
17 (BR)No weapon that is formed against you will succeed;
And you will condemn (BS)every tongue that [z]accuses you in judgment.
This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord,
And their (BT)vindication is from Me,” declares the Lord.
The Free Offer of Mercy
55 “[aa]You there! Everyone who (BU)thirsts, come to the waters;
And you who have (BV)no [ab]money come, buy and eat.
Come, buy (BW)wine and milk
(BX)Without money and without cost.
2 Why do you [ac]spend money for what is (BY)not bread,
And your wages for what does not satisfy?
Listen carefully to Me, and (BZ)eat what is good,
And (CA)delight yourself in abundance.
3 (CB)Incline your ear and come to Me.
Listen, that [ad]you may (CC)live;
And I will make (CD)an everlasting covenant with you,
According to the (CE)faithful mercies [ae]shown to David.
4 Behold, I have made (CF)him a witness to the peoples,
A (CG)leader and commander for the peoples.
5 Behold, you will call a (CH)nation you do not know,
And a nation which does not know you will (CI)run to you,
Because of the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel;
For He has (CJ)glorified you.”
6 (CK)Seek the Lord while He may be found;
(CL)Call upon Him while He is near.
7 (CM)Let the wicked abandon his way,
And the unrighteous person his (CN)thoughts;
And let him (CO)return to the Lord,
And He will have (CP)compassion on him,
And to our God,
For He will (CQ)abundantly pardon.
8 “For My thoughts are not (CR)your thoughts,
Nor are (CS)your ways My ways,” declares the Lord.
9 “For (CT)as the heavens are higher than the earth,
So are My ways higher than your ways
And My thoughts than your thoughts.
10 For as the (CU)rain and the snow come down from heaven,
And do not return there without watering the earth
And making it produce and sprout,
And providing (CV)seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
11 So will My (CW)word be which goes out of My mouth;
It will (CX)not return to Me empty,
Without (CY)accomplishing what I desire,
And without succeeding in the purpose for which I sent it.
12 For you will go out with (CZ)joy
And be led in (DA)peace;
The (DB)mountains and the hills will break into shouts of joy before you,
And all the (DC)trees of the field will clap their hands.
13 Instead of the (DD)thorn bush, the (DE)juniper will come up,
And instead of the (DF)stinging nettle, the myrtle will come up;
And [af]it will be a [ag](DG)memorial to the Lord,
An everlasting (DH)sign which (DI)will not be eliminated.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 53:2 Lit suckling
- Isaiah 53:3 Lit pains
- Isaiah 53:5 Or wounded
- Isaiah 53:5 Or peace
- Isaiah 53:6 Lit encounter Him
- Isaiah 53:8 Or life
- Isaiah 53:10 Lit He made Him sick
- Isaiah 53:10 Lit His soul
- Isaiah 53:10 Lit seed
- Isaiah 53:10 Or will of
- Isaiah 53:11 Or trouble
- Isaiah 53:11 DSS see light; LXX also has light
- Isaiah 53:12 Lit soul
- Isaiah 54:2 Lit Let them stretch out
- Isaiah 54:3 Lit seed
- Isaiah 54:7 Lit In
- Isaiah 54:8 Lit overflowing
- Isaiah 54:9 Some mss the waters of Noah this is to Me
- Isaiah 54:9 Lit cross over
- Isaiah 54:10 Or faithfulness
- Isaiah 54:11 Or lapis lazuli
- Isaiah 54:12 I.e., bright red
- Isaiah 54:12 Or carbuncles
- Isaiah 54:12 Lit border, boundary
- Isaiah 54:13 Or disciples of
- Isaiah 54:17 Lit rises against
- Isaiah 55:1 Lit Hoy
- Isaiah 55:1 Lit silver
- Isaiah 55:2 Lit weigh out silver
- Isaiah 55:3 Lit your soul
- Isaiah 55:3 Lit of David
- Isaiah 55:13 I.e., the transformation of the desert
- Isaiah 55:13 Lit name
Isaiah 53-55
New International Version
Isaiah 53-55
New International Version
53 Who has believed our message(A)
and to whom has the arm(B) of the Lord been revealed?(C)
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,(D)
and like a root(E) out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance(F) that we should desire him.
3 He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering,(G) and familiar with pain.(H)
Like one from whom people hide(I) their faces
he was despised,(J) and we held him in low esteem.
4 Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,(K)
yet we considered him punished by God,(L)
stricken by him, and afflicted.(M)
5 But he was pierced(N) for our transgressions,(O)
he was crushed(P) for our iniquities;
the punishment(Q) that brought us peace(R) was on him,
and by his wounds(S) we are healed.(T)
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,(U)
each of us has turned to our own way;(V)
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity(W) of us all.
7 He was oppressed(X) and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;(Y)
he was led like a lamb(Z) to the slaughter,(AA)
and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
8 By oppression[a] and judgment(AB) he was taken away.
Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;(AC)
for the transgression(AD) of my people he was punished.[b]
9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,(AE)
and with the rich(AF) in his death,
though he had done no violence,(AG)
nor was any deceit in his mouth.(AH)
10 Yet it was the Lord’s will(AI) to crush(AJ) him and cause him to suffer,(AK)
and though the Lord makes[c] his life an offering for sin,(AL)
he will see his offspring(AM) and prolong his days,
and the will of the Lord will prosper(AN) in his hand.
11 After he has suffered,(AO)
he will see the light(AP) of life[d] and be satisfied[e];
by his knowledge[f] my righteous servant(AQ) will justify(AR) many,
and he will bear their iniquities.(AS)
12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,[g](AT)
and he will divide the spoils(AU) with the strong,[h]
because he poured out his life unto death,(AV)
and was numbered with the transgressors.(AW)
For he bore(AX) the sin of many,(AY)
and made intercession(AZ) for the transgressors.
The Future Glory of Zion
54 “Sing, barren woman,(BA)
you who never bore a child;
burst into song, shout for joy,(BB)
you who were never in labor;(BC)
because more are the children(BD) of the desolate(BE) woman
than of her who has a husband,(BF)”
says the Lord.
2 “Enlarge the place of your tent,(BG)
stretch your tent curtains wide,
do not hold back;
lengthen your cords,
strengthen your stakes.(BH)
3 For you will spread out to the right and to the left;
your descendants(BI) will dispossess nations(BJ)
and settle in their desolate(BK) cities.
4 “Do not be afraid;(BL) you will not be put to shame.(BM)
Do not fear disgrace;(BN) you will not be humiliated.
You will forget the shame of your youth(BO)
and remember no more the reproach(BP) of your widowhood.(BQ)
5 For your Maker(BR) is your husband(BS)—
the Lord Almighty is his name—
the Holy One(BT) of Israel is your Redeemer;(BU)
he is called the God of all the earth.(BV)
6 The Lord will call you back(BW)
as if you were a wife deserted(BX) and distressed in spirit—
a wife who married young,(BY)
only to be rejected,” says your God.
7 “For a brief moment(BZ) I abandoned(CA) you,
but with deep compassion(CB) I will bring you back.(CC)
8 In a surge of anger(CD)
I hid(CE) my face from you for a moment,
but with everlasting kindness(CF)
I will have compassion(CG) on you,”
says the Lord your Redeemer.(CH)
9 “To me this is like the days of Noah,
when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.(CI)
So now I have sworn(CJ) not to be angry(CK) with you,
never to rebuke(CL) you again.
10 Though the mountains be shaken(CM)
and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love(CN) for you will not be shaken(CO)
nor my covenant(CP) of peace(CQ) be removed,”
says the Lord, who has compassion(CR) on you.
11 “Afflicted(CS) city, lashed by storms(CT) and not comforted,(CU)
I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise,[i](CV)
your foundations(CW) with lapis lazuli.(CX)
12 I will make your battlements of rubies,
your gates(CY) of sparkling jewels,
and all your walls of precious stones.
13 All your children will be taught by the Lord,(CZ)
and great will be their peace.(DA)
14 In righteousness(DB) you will be established:(DC)
Tyranny(DD) will be far from you;
you will have nothing to fear.(DE)
Terror(DF) will be far removed;
it will not come near you.
15 If anyone does attack you, it will not be my doing;
whoever attacks you will surrender(DG) to you.
16 “See, it is I who created the blacksmith(DH)
who fans the coals into flame
and forges a weapon(DI) fit for its work.
And it is I who have created the destroyer(DJ) to wreak havoc;
17 no weapon forged against you will prevail,(DK)
and you will refute(DL) every tongue that accuses you.
This is the heritage of the servants(DM) of the Lord,
and this is their vindication(DN) from me,”
declares the Lord.
Invitation to the Thirsty
55 “Come, all you who are thirsty,(DO)
come to the waters;(DP)
and you who have no money,
come, buy(DQ) and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk(DR)
without money and without cost.(DS)
2 Why spend money on what is not bread,
and your labor on what does not satisfy?(DT)
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,(DU)
and you will delight in the richest(DV) of fare.
3 Give ear and come to me;
listen,(DW) that you may live.(DX)
I will make an everlasting covenant(DY) with you,
my faithful love(DZ) promised to David.(EA)
4 See, I have made him a witness(EB) to the peoples,
a ruler and commander(EC) of the peoples.
5 Surely you will summon nations(ED) you know not,
and nations you do not know will come running to you,(EE)
because of the Lord your God,
the Holy One(EF) of Israel,
for he has endowed you with splendor.”(EG)
6 Seek(EH) the Lord while he may be found;(EI)
call(EJ) on him while he is near.
7 Let the wicked forsake(EK) their ways
and the unrighteous their thoughts.(EL)
Let them turn(EM) to the Lord, and he will have mercy(EN) on them,
and to our God, for he will freely pardon.(EO)
8 “For my thoughts(EP) are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”(EQ)
declares the Lord.
9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth,(ER)
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.(ES)
10 As the rain(ET) and the snow
come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,(EU)
so that it yields seed(EV) for the sower and bread for the eater,(EW)
11 so is my word(EX) that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,(EY)
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose(EZ) for which I sent it.
12 You will go out in joy(FA)
and be led forth in peace;(FB)
the mountains and hills
will burst into song(FC) before you,
and all the trees(FD) of the field
will clap their hands.(FE)
13 Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper,
and instead of briers(FF) the myrtle(FG) will grow.
This will be for the Lord’s renown,(FH)
for an everlasting sign,
that will endure forever.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 53:8 Or From arrest
- Isaiah 53:8 Or generation considered / that he was cut off from the land of the living, / that he was punished for the transgression of my people?
- Isaiah 53:10 Hebrew though you make
- Isaiah 53:11 Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text does not have the light of life.
- Isaiah 53:11 Or (with Masoretic Text) 11 He will see the fruit of his suffering / and will be satisfied
- Isaiah 53:11 Or by knowledge of him
- Isaiah 53:12 Or many
- Isaiah 53:12 Or numerous
- Isaiah 54:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
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