CHAPTER 53
He 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.
He 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.
Surely
He
took on
our infirmities
and carried
our sorrows;
yet we
considered Him
stricken
by God,
struck down
and afflicted.
But 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.
We all
like sheep
have gone astray,
each one
has turned
to his own way;
and the LORD
has laid
on Him
the iniquity
of us all.
He 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.
By oppression
and judgment
He was taken away,
and who
can recount
His descendants?
For
He was cut off
from the land
of the living;
He was stricken
for the transgression
of My people.
He 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.
Yet it was the LORD’s
will
to crush Him
and cause Him to suffer.
And when
His soul
is made
a guilt offering,
He will see
His offspring,
He will prolong
His days,
and the good pleasure
of the LORD
will prosper
in His hand.
After the anguish
of His soul,
He will see the light of life
and be satisfied.
By His knowledge
My righteous
Servant
will justify
many,
and He
will bear
their iniquities.
Therefore
I will allot Him a portion
with the great,
and He will divide
the spoils
with the strong,
because
He has poured out
His life
unto death,
and
He was numbered
among
the transgressors.
Yet He
bore
the sin
of many
and made intercession
for the transgressors.