He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet He did not open His mouth.
Like a lamb led to the slaughter
and like a sheep silent before her shearers,
He did not open His mouth.(A)
He was taken away because of oppression and judgment;
and who considered His fate?[a]
For He was cut off from the land of the living;
He was struck because of my people’s rebellion.
They[b] made His grave with the wicked
and with a rich man at His death,(B)
although He had done no violence
and had not spoken deceitfully.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 53:8 Or and as for His generation, who considered [Him]?
  2. Isaiah 53:9 DSS; MT reads He

He was oppressed and afflicted,
    yet[a] he did not open his mouth;
he was brought like a lamb to the slaughter,
    and like a sheep is dumb before its shearers,
so[b] he did not open his mouth.
He was taken by restraint of justice,
    and who concerned himself with his generation?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
    he received a blow because of the transgression of my people.
He made[c] his grave with the wicked,
    and with the rich in his death,
although he had done no violence,
    and there was no deceit in his mouth.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 53:7 Or “and”
  2. Isaiah 53:7 Or “and”
  3. Isaiah 53:9 Or “gave”