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Isaiah 53
International Standard Version

53 “Who[a] has believed our message,
    and[b] to[c] whom has the arm[d] of the Lord been revealed?
2 For he grew up before him like a tender plant,
    and like a root out of a dry ground;
he had no form and he had[e] no majesty that we should look at him,[f]
    and there is no attractiveness that we should desire him.[g]

3 “He was despised and rejected by others,
    and[h] a man of sorrows,
        intimately familiar with[i] suffering;
and like one from whom people hide their faces;
    and[j] we despised him[k]
        and did not value him.

4 “Surely he has borne our sufferings
    and carried our sorrows;
yet we considered him stricken,
    and[l] struck down by God,
        and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions,
    and[m] he was crushed for our iniquities,
and[n] the punishment that made us whole was upon him,
    and by his bruises we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray,
    we have turned, each of us, to his own way;
and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed and he was afflicted,
    yet he didn’t open his mouth;
like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
    as[o] a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
        so he did not open[p] his mouth.

8 “From detention and[q] judgment he was taken away[r]—
    and who can even think about his descendants?[s]
For he was cut off from the land of the living,
    he was stricken[t] for the transgression of my people.
9 Then they made[u] his grave with the wicked,
    and with rich people[v] in his death,[w]
although he had committed no violence,
    nor was there any deceit in his mouth.”

The Exaltation of the Servant

10 “Yet the Lord was willing to crush him,
    and he made him suffer.[x]
Although you make his soul an offering for sin,
    he[y] will see his offspring,
and[z] he will prolong his days,
    and the will of the Lord will triumph in his hand.
11 Out of the suffering of his soul he will see light[aa]
    and[ab] find satisfaction.
And[ac] through his knowledge his servant,[ad] the righteous one,
    will make many righteous,
        and he will bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will allot him a portion with the great,[ae]
    and he will divide the spoils with the strong;
because he poured out his life to death,
    and was numbered with the transgressors;
yet he carried the sins[af] of many,
    and made intercession for their transgressions.”[ag]

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 53:1 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab MT; LXX reads Lord, who
  2. Isaiah 53:1 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT lacks and
  3. Isaiah 53:1 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT reads upon
  4. Isaiah 53:1 I.e. the Messiah
  5. Isaiah 53:2 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack he had
  6. Isaiah 53:2 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab MT LXX; 1QIsaa may read at ourselves
  7. Isaiah 53:2 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 1QIsaa may read desire ourselves
  8. Isaiah 53:3 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack and
  9. Isaiah 53:3 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads and acquainted with; 1QIsab reads and knowing
  10. Isaiah 53:3 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT LXX lacks and
  11. Isaiah 53:3 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read he was despised
  12. Isaiah 53:4 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks and
  13. Isaiah 53:5 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks and
  14. Isaiah 53:5 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT LXX lack and
  15. Isaiah 53:7 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read and as
  16. Isaiah 53:7 So 1QIsaa; MT reads does not open
  17. Isaiah 53:8 So 1QIsaa MT; 1QIsab lacks and
  18. Isaiah 53:8 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 1QIsab reads judgment they took him away
  19. Isaiah 53:8 Or future
  20. Isaiah 53:8 So 1QIsaa; MT reads living, an affliction
  21. Isaiah 53:9 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read he made; LXX reads I will give
  22. Isaiah 53:9 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsaa corrector MT read with a rich man
  23. Isaiah 53:9 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads deaths
  24. Isaiah 53:10 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read he made him suffer; LXX reads with a blow
  25. Isaiah 53:10 So MT LXX; 1QIsaa reads And he
  26. Isaiah 53:10 So 1QIsaa 4QIsad; 1QIsab MT lack and
  27. Isaiah 53:11 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsad LXX; MT reads He will see of the suffering of his soul
  28. Isaiah 53:11 So 1QIsaa 4QIsad; MT lacks and
  29. Isaiah 53:11 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT lacks And
  30. Isaiah 53:11 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read my servant
  31. Isaiah 53:12 I.e. an allusion to the resurrection
  32. Isaiah 53:12 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsad LXX; MT reads the sin
  33. Isaiah 53:12 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsad LXX; MT reads for the transgressors
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Isaiah 53
Lexham English Bible

53 Who has believed our message,
    and to whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed?
2 For[a] he went[b] up like a shoot before him,
    and like a root from dry ground.
He had no form and no majesty that[c] we should see him,
    and no appearance that[d] we should take pleasure in him.
3 He was despised and rejected by men,
    a man of suffering, and acquainted with[e] sickness,
and like one from whom others hide their faces,[f] he was despised,
    and we did not hold him in high regard.
4 However, he was the one who lifted up our sicknesses,
    and he carried our pain,
yet[g] we ourselves assumed him stricken,
    struck down by God and afflicted.
5 But[h] he was pierced[i] because of our transgressions,
    crushed because of our iniquities;
the chastisement for[j] our peace[k] was upon him,
    and by his wounds[l] we were healed.[m]
6 All of us have wandered about like sheep;
    we each have turned to his own way;
and Yahweh let fall on him
    the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed and afflicted,
    yet[n] he did not open his mouth;
he was brought like a lamb to the slaughter,
    and like a sheep is dumb before its shearers,
so[o] he did not open his mouth.
8 He was taken by restraint of justice,
    and who concerned himself with his generation?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
    he received a blow because of the transgression of my people.
9 He made[p] his grave with the wicked,
    and with the rich in his death,
although he had done no violence,
    and there was no deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet[q] Yahweh was pleased to crush him;
    he made him sick.[r]
If she[s] places[t] his life a guilt offering,[u]
    he will see offspring.
He will prolong days,
    and the will of Yahweh will succeed in his hand.
11 From the trouble of his life[v] he will see;[w]
    he will be satisfied.
In his knowledge, the righteous one, my servant, shall declare many righteous,[x]
    and he is the one who will bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore, I will divide to him a portion among the many,[y]
    and with the strong ones he will divide bounty,
because[z] he poured his life out to death
    and was counted with the transgressors;
and[aa] he was the one who bore the sin of many
    and will intercede for the transgressors.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 53:2 Or “And”
  2. Isaiah 53:2 Or “grew”
  3. Isaiah 53:2 Or “and”
  4. Isaiah 53:2 Or “and”
  5. Isaiah 53:3 Or “knowledgeable of”
  6. Isaiah 53:3 Literally “hiding of face from him”
  7. Isaiah 53:4 Or “and”
  8. Isaiah 53:5 Or “And”
  9. Isaiah 53:5 Or “wounded”
  10. Isaiah 53:5 Or “of”
  11. Isaiah 53:5 Or “healing”
  12. Isaiah 53:5 Hebrew “wound”
  13. Isaiah 53:5 Literally “it was healed for us”
  14. Isaiah 53:7 Or “and”
  15. Isaiah 53:7 Or “and”
  16. Isaiah 53:9 Or “gave”
  17. Isaiah 53:10 Or “And”
  18. Isaiah 53:10 Literally “he made sick”
  19. Isaiah 53:10 Or “you”
  20. Isaiah 53:10 Or “makes”
  21. Isaiah 53:10 Or “compensation”
  22. Isaiah 53:11 Or “soul”
  23. Isaiah 53:11 Dead Sea Scrolls add “light”
  24. Isaiah 53:11 Or “right”
  25. Isaiah 53:12 Or “great”
  26. Isaiah 53:12 Literally “Instead of that”
  27. Isaiah 53:12 Or “yet”
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