The Suffering Servant
53 (A)Who has believed our message?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
2 For He grew up before Him like a (B)tender [a]shoot,
And like a root out of parched ground;
He has (C)no stately form or majesty
That we should look upon Him,
Nor appearance that we should [b]be attracted to Him.
3 He was (D)despised and forsaken of men,
A man of [c]sorrows and (E)acquainted with [d]grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was (F)despised, and we did not (G)esteem Him.
4 Surely our [e]griefs He Himself (H)bore,
And our [f]sorrows He carried;
Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,
[g]Smitten of (I)God, and afflicted.
5 But He was [h]pierced through for (J)our transgressions,
He was crushed for (K)our iniquities;
The (L)chastening for our [i]well-being fell upon Him,
And by (M)His scourging we are healed.
6 All of us like sheep have gone astray,
Each of us has turned to his own way;
But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all
To [j]fall on Him.
7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He did not (N)open His mouth;
(O)Like a lamb that is led to slaughter,
And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,
So He did not open His mouth.
8 By oppression and judgment He was taken away;
And as for His generation, who considered
That He was cut off out of the land of the [k]living
(P)For the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due?
9 His grave was assigned with wicked men,
Yet He was with a (Q)rich man in His death,
(R)Because He had (S)done no violence,
Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.
10 But the Lord was pleased
To (T)crush Him, [l](U)putting Him to grief;
If [m]He would render Himself as a guilt (V)offering,
He will see (W)His [n]offspring,
He will prolong His days,
And the [o]good (X)pleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand.
11 As a result of the [p]anguish of His soul,
He will (Y)see [q]it and be satisfied;
By His (Z)knowledge the Righteous One,
My Servant, will justify the many,
As He will (AA)bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore, I will allot Him a (AB)portion with the great,
And He will divide the booty with the strong;
Because He poured out [r](AC)Himself to death,
And was (AD)numbered with the transgressors;
Yet He Himself (AE)bore the sin of many,
And interceded for the transgressors.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 53:2 Lit suckling
- Isaiah 53:2 Lit desire
- Isaiah 53:3 Or pains
- Isaiah 53:3 Or sickness
- Isaiah 53:4 Or sickness
- Isaiah 53:4 Or pains
- Isaiah 53:4 Or Struck down by
- Isaiah 53:5 Or wounded
- Isaiah 53:5 Or peace
- Isaiah 53:6 Lit encounter Him
- Isaiah 53:8 Or life
- Isaiah 53:10 Lit He made Him sick
- Isaiah 53:10 Lit His soul
- Isaiah 53:10 Lit seed
- Isaiah 53:10 Or will of
- Isaiah 53:11 Or toilsome labor
- Isaiah 53:11 Another reading is light
- Isaiah 53:12 Lit His soul
Cross references
- Isaiah 53:1 : John 12:38; Rom 10:16
- Isaiah 53:2 : Is 11:1
- Isaiah 53:2 : Is 52:14
- Isaiah 53:3 : Ps 22:6; Is 49:7; Luke 18:31-33
- Isaiah 53:3 : Is 53:10
- Isaiah 53:3 : Mark 10:33, 34
- Isaiah 53:3 : John 1:10, 11
- Isaiah 53:4 : Matt 8:17
- Isaiah 53:4 : John 19:7
- Isaiah 53:5 : Is 53:8; Heb 9:28
- Isaiah 53:5 : Is 53:10; Rom 4:25; 1 Cor 15:3
- Isaiah 53:5 : Deut 11:2; Heb 5:8
- Isaiah 53:5 : 1 Pet 2:24, 25
- Isaiah 53:7 : Matt 26:63; 27:12-14; Mark 14:61; 15:5; Luke 23:9; John 19:9
- Isaiah 53:7 : Acts 8:32, 33; Rev 5:6
- Isaiah 53:8 : Is 53:5, 12
- Isaiah 53:9 : Matt 27:57-60
- Isaiah 53:9 : Is 42:1-3
- Isaiah 53:9 : 1 Pet 2:22
- Isaiah 53:10 : Is 53:5
- Isaiah 53:10 : Is 53:3, 4
- Isaiah 53:10 : Is 53:6, 12; John 1:29
- Isaiah 53:10 : Ps 22:30; Is 54:3; 61:9; 66:22
- Isaiah 53:10 : Is 46:10
- Isaiah 53:11 : John 10:14-18
- Isaiah 53:11 : Is 45:25; Rom 5:18, 19
- Isaiah 53:11 : Is 53:5, 6
- Isaiah 53:12 : Is 52:13; Phil 2:9-11
- Isaiah 53:12 : Matt 26:38, 39, 42
- Isaiah 53:12 : Mark 15:28; Luke 22:37
- Isaiah 53:12 : Is 53:6, 11; 2 Cor 5:21