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53 Who has believed our message,
    and to whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed?
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.
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.
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.
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]
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.
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.
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.
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”

The Sin-Bearing Messiah

53 Who (A)has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,
And as a root out of dry ground.
He has no [a]form or [b]comeliness;
And when we see Him,
There is no [c]beauty that we should desire Him.
(B)He is despised and [d]rejected by men,
A Man of [e]sorrows and (C)acquainted with [f]grief.
And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;
He was despised, and (D)we did not esteem Him.

Surely (E)He has borne our [g]griefs
And carried our [h]sorrows;
Yet we [i]esteemed Him stricken,
[j]Smitten by God, and afflicted.
But He was (F)wounded[k] for our transgressions,
He was [l]bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him,
And by His (G)stripes[m] we are healed.
All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And the Lord [n]has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet (H)He opened not His mouth;
(I)He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
So He opened not His mouth.
He was (J)taken from [o]prison and from judgment,
And who will declare His generation?
For (K)He was cut off from the land of the living;
For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.
(L)And [p]they made His grave with the wicked—
But with the rich at His death,
Because He had done no violence,
Nor was any (M)deceit in His mouth.

10 Yet it pleased the Lord to [q]bruise Him;
He has put Him to grief.
When You make His soul (N)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 [r]He shall see the labor of His soul, and be satisfied.
By His knowledge (O)My righteous (P)Servant shall (Q)justify many,
For He shall bear their iniquities.
12 (R)Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great,
(S)And He shall divide the [s]spoil with the strong,
Because He (T)poured out His soul unto death,
And He was (U)numbered with the transgressors,
And He bore the sin of many,
And (V)made intercession for the transgressors.

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 53:2 Stately form
  2. Isaiah 53:2 splendor
  3. Isaiah 53:2 Lit. appearance
  4. Isaiah 53:3 Or forsaken
  5. Isaiah 53:3 Lit. pains
  6. Isaiah 53:3 Lit. sickness
  7. Isaiah 53:4 Lit. sicknesses
  8. Isaiah 53:4 Lit. pains
  9. Isaiah 53:4 reckoned
  10. Isaiah 53:4 Struck down
  11. Isaiah 53:5 Or pierced through
  12. Isaiah 53:5 crushed
  13. Isaiah 53:5 Blows that cut in
  14. Isaiah 53:6 Lit. has caused to land on Him
  15. Isaiah 53:8 confinement
  16. Isaiah 53:9 Lit. he or He
  17. Isaiah 53:10 crush
  18. Isaiah 53:11 So with MT, Tg., Vg.; DSS, LXX From the labor of His soul He shall see light
  19. Isaiah 53:12 plunder