Isaiah 53:10-12
English Standard Version
10 Yet (A)it was the will of the Lord to crush him;
he has put him to grief;[a]
(B)when his soul makes[b] an offering for guilt,
he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days;
(C)the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see[c] and be satisfied;
by his knowledge shall (D)the righteous one, my servant,
(E)make many to be accounted righteous,
(F)and he shall bear their iniquities.
12 (G)Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many,[d]
(H)and he shall divide the spoil with the strong,[e]
because he poured out his soul to death
and was numbered with the transgressors;
(I)yet he bore the sin of many,
and makes intercession for the transgressors.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 53:10 Or he has made him sick
- Isaiah 53:10 Or when you make his soul
- Isaiah 53:11 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll he shall see light
- Isaiah 53:12 Or with the great
- Isaiah 53:12 Or with the numerous
Isaiah 53:10-12
The Message
10 Still, it’s what God had in mind all along,
to crush him with pain.
The plan was that he give himself as an offering for sin
so that he’d see life come from it—life, life, and more life.
And God’s plan will deeply prosper through him.
11-12 Out of that terrible travail of soul,
he’ll see that it’s worth it and be glad he did it.
Through what he experienced, my righteous one, my servant,
will make many “righteous ones,”
as he himself carries the burden of their sins.
Therefore I’ll reward him extravagantly—
the best of everything, the highest honors—
Because he looked death in the face and didn’t flinch,
because he embraced the company of the lowest.
He took on his own shoulders the sin of the many,
he took up the cause of all the black sheep.
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