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(A)(B) (C) He was painfully abused,
    but he did not complain.
He was silent like a lamb
    being led to the butcher,
as quiet as a sheep
    having its wool cut off.

He was condemned to death
    without a fair trial.
Who could have imagined
    what would happen to him?
His life was taken away
because of the sinful things
    my people[a] had done.
(D) He wasn't dishonest or violent,
but he was buried in a tomb
    among cruel, rich people.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 53.8 my people: Or “his people.”
  2. 53.9 but he … people: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

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