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?
²For 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.
⁵But 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.
⁶All 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.
⁷He 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.
⁹Then 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.
¹¹Out 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.
¹²Therefore 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

Isaiah 53:1 So 1QIsa^a 1QIsa^b MT; LXX reads Lord, who
Isaiah 53:1 So 1QIsa^a 1QIsa^b; MT lacks and
Isaiah 53:1 So 1QIsa^a 1QIsa^b; MT reads upon
Isaiah 53:1 I.e. the Messiah
Isaiah 53:2 So 1QIsa^a; 1QIsa^b MT LXX lack he had
Isaiah 53:2 So 1QIsa^a 1QIsa^b MT LXX; 1QIsa^a may read at ourselves
Isaiah 53:2 So 1QIsa^a MT LXX; 1QIsa^a may read desire ourselves
Isaiah 53:3 So 1QIsa^a; 1QIsa^b MT LXX lack and
Isaiah 53:3 So 1QIsa^a LXX; MT reads and acquainted with; 1QIsa^b reads and knowing
Isaiah 53:3 So 1QIsa^a 1QIsa^b; MT LXX lacks and
Isaiah 53:3 So 1QIsa^a; MT LXX read he was despised
Isaiah 53:4 So 1QIsa^a LXX; MT lacks and
Isaiah 53:5 So 1QIsa^a LXX; MT lacks and
Isaiah 53:5 So 1QIsa^a 1QIsa^b; MT LXX lack and
Isaiah 53:7 So 1QIsa^a; MT LXX read and as
Isaiah 53:7 So 1QIsa^a; MT reads does not open
Isaiah 53:8 So 1QIsa^a MT; 1QIsa^b lacks and
Isaiah 53:8 So 1QIsa^a MT LXX; 1QIsa^b reads judgment they took him away
Isaiah 53:8 Or future
Isaiah 53:8 So 1QIsa^a; MT reads living, an affliction
Isaiah 53:9 So 1QIsa^a; 4QIsa^d MT read he made; LXX reads I will give
Isaiah 53:9 So 1QIsa^a; 1QIsa^a corrector MT read with a rich man
Isaiah 53:9 So 1QIsa^a LXX; MT reads deaths
Isaiah 53:10 So 1QIsa^a; 4QIsa^d MT read he made him suffer; LXX reads with a blow
Isaiah 53:10 So MT LXX; 1QIsa^a reads And he
Isaiah 53:10 So 1QIsa^a 4QIsa^d; 1QIsa^b MT lack and
Isaiah 53:11 So 1QIsa^a 1QIsa^b 4QIsa^d LXX; MT reads He will see of the suffering of his soul
Isaiah 53:11 So 1QIsa^a 4QIsa^d; MT lacks and
Isaiah 53:11 So 1QIsa^a; 4QIsa^d MT lacks And
Isaiah 53:11 So 1QIsa^a; 4QIsa^d MT read my servant
Isaiah 53:12 I.e. an allusion to the resurrection
Isaiah 53:12 So 1QIsa^a 1QIsa^b 4QIsa^d LXX; MT reads the sin
Isaiah 53:12 So 1QIsa^a 1QIsa^b 4QIsa^d LXX; MT reads for the transgressors

Isaiah 53

New International Version

53 Who has believed our message^(A)
    and to whom has the arm^(B) of the Lord been revealed?^(C)
²He grew up before him like a tender shoot,^(D)
    and like a root^(E) out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
    nothing in his appearance^(F) that we should desire him.
³He was despised and rejected by mankind,
    a man of suffering,^(G) and familiar with pain.^(H)
Like one from whom people hide^(I) their faces
    he was despised,^(J) and we held him in low esteem.

⁴Surely he took up our pain
    and bore our suffering,^(K)
yet we considered him punished by God,^(L)
    stricken by him, and afflicted.^(M)
⁵But he was pierced^(N) for our transgressions,^(O)
    he was crushed^(P) for our iniquities;
the punishment^(Q) that brought us peace^(R) was on him,
    and by his wounds^(S) we are healed.^(T)
⁶We all, like sheep, have gone astray,^(U)
    each of us has turned to our own way;^(V)
and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity^(W) of us all.

⁷He was oppressed^(X) and afflicted,
    yet he did not open his mouth;^(Y)
he was led like a lamb^(Z) to the slaughter,^(AA)
    and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.
⁸By oppression^[a] and judgment^(AB) he was taken away.
    Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;^(AC)
    for the transgression^(AD) of my people he was punished.^[b]
⁹He was assigned a grave with the wicked,^(AE)
    and with the rich^(AF) in his death,
though he had done no violence,^(AG)
    nor was any deceit in his mouth.^(AH)

¹⁰Yet it was the Lord’s will^(AI) to crush^(AJ) him and cause him to suffer,^(AK)
    and though the Lord makes^[c] his life an offering for sin,^(AL)
he will see his offspring^(AM) and prolong his days,
    and the will of the Lord will prosper^(AN) in his hand.
¹¹After he has suffered,^(AO)
    he will see the light^(AP) of life^[d] and be satisfied^[e];
by his knowledge^[f] my righteous servant^(AQ) will justify^(AR) many,
    and he will bear their iniquities.^(AS)
¹²Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,^[g]^(AT)
    and he will divide the spoils^(AU) with the strong,^[h]
because he poured out his life unto death,^(AV)
    and was numbered with the transgressors.^(AW)
For he bore^(AX) the sin of many,^(AY)
    and made intercession^(AZ) for the transgressors.

Footnotes

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) ¹¹He 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

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The Exaltation of the Servant

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