53 (A)Who has believed what he has heard from us?[a]
    And to whom has (B)the arm of the Lord been revealed?
For he grew up before him like a young plant,
    (C)and like a root out of dry ground;
(D)he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
    and no beauty that we should desire him.
(E)He was despised and rejected[b] by men,
    a man of sorrows[c] and acquainted with[d] grief;[e]
and as one from whom men hide their faces[f]
    he was despised, and (F)we esteemed him not.

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  1. Isaiah 53:1 Or Who has believed what we have heard?
  2. Isaiah 53:3 Or forsaken
  3. Isaiah 53:3 Or pains; also verse 4
  4. Isaiah 53:3 Or and knowing
  5. Isaiah 53:3 Or sickness; also verse 4
  6. Isaiah 53:3 Or as one who hides his face from us

53 “Who[a] has believed our message,
    and[b] to[c] whom has the arm[d] of the Lord been revealed?
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]

“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.

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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