^{2 [a] (A)}The people ^(B)who walked in darkness
    have seen a great light;
those who dwelt in a land of ^(C)deep darkness,
    on them has light shone.
^3 (D)You have multiplied the nation;
    you have increased its joy;
they rejoice before you
    as with ^(E)joy at the harvest,
    as they ^(F)are glad ^(G)when they divide the spoil.
^4 (H)For the yoke of his burden,
    ^(I)and the staff for his shoulder,
    the rod of his oppressor,
    you have broken as ^(J)on the day of Midian.
^5 (K)For every boot of the tramping warrior in battle tumult
    and every garment rolled in blood
    will be burned as fuel for the fire.
^6 (L)For to us a child is born,
    to us ^(M)a son is given;
^(N)and the government shall be ^(O)upon^[b] his shoulder,
    and his name shall be called^[c]
Wonderful ^(P)Counselor, ^(Q)Mighty God,
    ^(R)Everlasting ^(S)Father, Prince of ^(T)Peace.

^4 (A)Surely he has borne our griefs
    and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
    ^(B)smitten by God, and afflicted.
^5 (C)But he was pierced for our transgressions;
    he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
    ^(D)and with his wounds we are healed.
^6 (E)All we like sheep have gone astray;
    we have turned—every one—to his own way;
^(F)and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity of us all.

⁷ He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
    ^(G)yet he opened not his mouth;
^(H)like a ^(I)lamb that is led to the slaughter,
    and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
    so he opened not his mouth.
⁸ By oppression and judgment he was taken away;
    and as for his generation, ^(J)who considered
that he was cut off out of the land of the living,
    stricken for the transgression of my people?
⁹ And they made his grave with the wicked
    ^(K)and with a rich man in his death,
although^{[a] (L)}he had done no violence,
    and there was no deceit in his mouth.

¹⁰ Yet ^(M)it was the will of the Lord to crush him;
    he has put him to grief;^[b]
(N)when his soul makes^[c] an offering for guilt,
    he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days;
^(O)the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
¹¹ Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see^[d] and be satisfied;
by his knowledge shall ^(P)the righteous one, my servant,
    ^(Q)make many to be accounted righteous,
    ^(R)and he shall bear their iniquities.
^12 (S)Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many,^{[e]
    (T)}and he shall divide the spoil with the strong,^[f]
because he poured out his soul to death
    and was numbered with the transgressors;
^(U)yet he bore the sin of many,
    and makes intercession for the transgressors.