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Isaiah 52:7-53:12
New International Version
Isaiah 52:7-53:12
New International Version
7 How beautiful on the mountains(A)
are the feet of those who bring good news,(B)
who proclaim peace,(C)
who bring good tidings,
who proclaim salvation,
who say to Zion,
“Your God reigns!”(D)
8 Listen! Your watchmen(E) lift up their voices;(F)
together they shout for joy.(G)
When the Lord returns(H) to Zion,(I)
they will see it with their own eyes.
9 Burst into songs of joy(J) together,
you ruins(K) of Jerusalem,
for the Lord has comforted(L) his people,
he has redeemed Jerusalem.(M)
10 The Lord will lay bare his holy arm(N)
in the sight of all the nations,(O)
and all the ends of the earth(P) will see
the salvation(Q) of our God.
11 Depart,(R) depart, go out from there!
Touch no unclean thing!(S)
Come out from it and be pure,(T)
you who carry the articles(U) of the Lord’s house.
12 But you will not leave in haste(V)
or go in flight;
for the Lord will go before you,(W)
the God of Israel will be your rear guard.(X)
The Suffering and Glory of the Servant
13 See, my servant(Y) will act wisely[a];
he will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.(Z)
14 Just as there were many who were appalled(AA) at him[b]—
his appearance was so disfigured(AB) beyond that of any human being
and his form marred beyond human likeness(AC)—
15 so he will sprinkle(AD) many nations,[c]
and kings(AE) will shut their mouths(AF) because of him.
For what they were not told, they will see,
and what they have not heard, they will understand.(AG)
53 Who has believed our message(AH)
and to whom has the arm(AI) of the Lord been revealed?(AJ)
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,(AK)
and like a root(AL) out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance(AM) that we should desire him.
3 He was despised and rejected by mankind,
a man of suffering,(AN) and familiar with pain.(AO)
Like one from whom people hide(AP) their faces
he was despised,(AQ) and we held him in low esteem.
4 Surely he took up our pain
and bore our suffering,(AR)
yet we considered him punished by God,(AS)
stricken by him, and afflicted.(AT)
5 But he was pierced(AU) for our transgressions,(AV)
he was crushed(AW) for our iniquities;
the punishment(AX) that brought us peace(AY) was on him,
and by his wounds(AZ) we are healed.(BA)
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,(BB)
each of us has turned to our own way;(BC)
and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity(BD) of us all.
7 He was oppressed(BE) and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;(BF)
he was led like a lamb(BG) to the slaughter,(BH)
and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
8 By oppression[d] and judgment(BI) he was taken away.
Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;(BJ)
for the transgression(BK) of my people he was punished.[e]
9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,(BL)
and with the rich(BM) in his death,
though he had done no violence,(BN)
nor was any deceit in his mouth.(BO)
10 Yet it was the Lord’s will(BP) to crush(BQ) him and cause him to suffer,(BR)
and though the Lord makes[f] his life an offering for sin,(BS)
he will see his offspring(BT) and prolong his days,
and the will of the Lord will prosper(BU) in his hand.
11 After he has suffered,(BV)
he will see the light(BW) of life[g] and be satisfied[h];
by his knowledge[i] my righteous servant(BX) will justify(BY) many,
and he will bear their iniquities.(BZ)
12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,[j](CA)
and he will divide the spoils(CB) with the strong,[k]
because he poured out his life unto death,(CC)
and was numbered with the transgressors.(CD)
For he bore(CE) the sin of many,(CF)
and made intercession(CG) for the transgressors.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 52:13 Or will prosper
- Isaiah 52:14 Hebrew you
- Isaiah 52:15 Or so will many nations be amazed at him (see also Septuagint)
- 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 52:7-53:12
King James Version
Isaiah 52:7-53:12
King James Version
7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion.
9 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
10 The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
11 Depart ye, depart ye, go ye out from thence, touch no unclean thing; go ye out of the midst of her; be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord.
12 For ye shall not go out with haste, nor go by flight: for the Lord will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your reward.
13 Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
14 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
53 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
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