“He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
    and as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.

²² “He committed no sin,^(E)
    and no deceit was found in his mouth.”^[a](F)

⁷ He was oppressed^(A) and afflicted,
    yet he did not open his mouth;^(B)
he was led like a lamb^(C) to the slaughter,^(D)
    and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.
⁸ By oppression^[a] and judgment^(E) he was taken away.
    Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;^(F)
    for the transgression^(G) of my people he was punished.^[b]

⁴⁰ “I will bring them down
    like lambs to the slaughter,
    like rams and goats.^(A)

“Let us destroy the tree and its fruit;
    let us cut him off from the land of the living,^(C)
    that his name be remembered^(D) no more.”

¹¹ You gave us up to be devoured like sheep^(A)
    and have scattered us among the nations.^(B)
12 You sold your people for a pittance,^(C)
    gaining nothing from their sale.

“For your sake we face death all day long;
    we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”^[a](A)