⁷ On this mountain he will destroy
    the shroud^(A) that enfolds all peoples,^(B)
the sheet that covers all nations;
⁸     he will swallow up death^(C) forever.
The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears^(D)
    from all faces;
he will remove his people’s disgrace^(E)
    from all the earth.
The Lord has spoken.^(F)

⁴ Surely he took up our pain
    and bore our suffering,^(A)
yet we considered him punished by God,^(B)
    stricken by him, and afflicted.^(C)
5 But he was pierced^(D) for our transgressions,^(E)
    he was crushed^(F) for our iniquities;
the punishment^(G) that brought us peace^(H) was on him,
    and by his wounds^(I) we are healed.^(J)
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,^(K)
    each of us has turned to our own way;^(L)
and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity^(M) of us all.

⁷ He was oppressed^(N) and afflicted,
    yet he did not open his mouth;^(O)
he was led like a lamb^(P) to the slaughter,^(Q)
    and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.

¹⁴ “I will deliver this people from the power of the grave;^(A)
    I will redeem them from death.^(B)
Where, O death, are your plagues?
    Where, O grave, is your destruction?^(C)

“I will have no compassion,