Yet he himself bore our sicknesses,
and he carried our pains;(A)
but we in turn regarded him stricken,
struck down by God,(B) and afflicted.
But he was pierced because of our rebellion,(C)
crushed because of our iniquities;(D)
punishment(E) for our peace was on him,
and we are healed by his wounds.(F)
We all went astray like sheep;(G)
we all have turned to our own way;
and the Lord has punished him
for[a] the iniquity(H) of us all.(I)

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  1. 53:6 Or has placed on him; lit with

Yet it was our weaknesses he carried;
    it was our sorrows[a] that weighed him down.
And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God,
    a punishment for his own sins!
But he was pierced for our rebellion,
    crushed for our sins.
He was beaten so we could be whole.
    He was whipped so we could be healed.
All of us, like sheep, have strayed away.
    We have left God’s paths to follow our own.
Yet the Lord laid on him
    the sins of us all.

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  1. 53:4 Or Yet it was our sicknesses he carried; / it was our diseases.