Isaiah 53

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The Suffering Servant

¹Who has believed our message?

And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?^a

¹Who has believed in our report? And the arm of YHWH—to whom has it been revealed?

²He grew up before Him like a tender shoot,

and like a root out of dry ground.

He had no stately form or majesty to attract us,

no beauty that we should desire Him.

²For He grew up as a tender shoot before His face, and as a root out of a dry land. No form was unto Him, and no splendor that we should see Him, and no appearance that we should desire him.

³He was despised and rejected by men,

a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief.

Like one from whom men hide their faces,

He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.

³He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with weakness; and like one from whom they hide their faces he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

⁴Surely He took up our infirmities

and carried our sorrows;^a

yet we considered Him stricken,

struck down by God, and afflicted.

⁴Surely, our sicknesses He has lifted, and our sorrows, He has borne them; and we considered Him stricken—struck by God and afflicted.

⁵But He was pierced for our transgressions,

He was crushed for our iniquities;

the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him,

and by His stripes we are healed.^a

⁵And he was pierced for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and by His stripes there is healing for us.

⁶We all like sheep have gone astray,^a

each one has turned to his own way;

and the LORD has laid upon Him

the iniquity of us all.

⁶We all like sheep have gone astray, we have turned, each man to his own way; and YHWH has placed on him the iniquity of us all.

⁷He was oppressed and afflicted,

yet He did not open His mouth.

He was led like a lamb to the slaughter,

and as a sheep before her shearers is silent,

so He did not open His mouth.

⁷He was oppressed and he was afflicted, and he did not open his mouth; like a lamb led to the slaughter, and like a sheep before the faces of her shearers is silent, so He did not open his mouth.

⁸By oppression and judgment He was taken away,

and who can recount His descendants?

For He was cut off from the land of the living;^a

He was stricken for the transgression of My people.

⁸By restraint and by judgment He was taken away, and His generation—who can recount? For He was cut off from the land of the living; for the transgression of My people He was stricken.

A Grave Assigned

⁹He was assigned a grave with the wicked,

and with a rich man in His death,

although He had done no violence,

nor was any deceit in His mouth.^a

⁹And He appointed His grave with the wicked, and with a rich one in his death; although He had done no violence, and no deceit was in his mouth.

¹⁰Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him

and to cause Him to suffer;

and when His soul is made a guilt offering,^a

He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days,

and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.

¹⁰And YHWH has delighted to bruise Him and Make Him weak; if his soul is made a guilt offering, He will see his seed; He will prolong His days; and the delight of YHWH will prosper in His hand.

¹¹After the anguish of His soul,

He will see the light of life^a and be satisfied.

By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many,

and He will bear their iniquities.

¹¹He will see the light of life after the anguish of His soul and be satisfied; By His knowledge My Servant, the righteous one, will bring righteousness to many, and He will bear their iniquities.

¹²Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great,^a

and He will divide the spoils with the strong,^b

because He has poured out His life unto death,

and He was numbered with the transgressors.^c

Yet He bore the sin of many

and made intercession for the transgressors.

¹²Therefore I will divide a portion to him with the many, and with the mighty he will divide the spoil upon that he poured out his soul to the death, and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he himself bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.