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LXX reads Lord, who">a</a></span> has believed our message,</p> <p class="poetry2">and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:1 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT lacks and">b</a></span> to<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:1 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT reads upon">c</a></span> whom has the arm<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:1 i.e. the Messiah">d</a></span> of the LORD been revealed?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/53-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For he grew up before him like a tender plant,</p> <p class="poetry2">and like a root out of a dry ground;</p> <p class="poetry2">he had no form and he had<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:2 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack he had">e</a></span> no majesty that we should look at him,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:2 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab MT LXX; 1QIsaa may read at ourselves">f</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and there is no attractiveness that we should desire him.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:2 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 1QIsaa may read desire ourselves">g</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/53-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“He was despised and rejected by others,</p> <p class="poetry2">and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:3 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack and">h</a></span> a man of sorrows,</p> <p class="poetry2">intimately familiar with<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:3 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads and acquainted with; 1QIsab reads and knowing">i</a></span> suffering;</p> <p class="poetry2">and like one from whom people hide their faces;</p> <p class="poetry2">and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:3 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT LXX lacks and">j</a></span> we despised him<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:3 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read he was despised">k</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and did not value him.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/53-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Surely he has borne our sufferings</p> <p class="poetry2">and carried our sorrows;</p> <p class="poetry2">yet we considered him stricken,</p> <p class="poetry2">and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:4 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks and">l</a></span> struck down by God,</p> <p class="poetry2">and afflicted.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/53-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But he was wounded for our transgressions,</p> <p class="poetry2">and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:5 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks and">m</a></span> he was crushed for our iniquities,</p> <p class="poetry2">and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:5 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT LXX lack and">n</a></span> the punishment that made us whole was upon him,</p> <p class="poetry2">and by his bruises we are healed.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/53-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>All we like sheep have gone astray,</p> <p class="poetry2">we have turned, each of us, to his own way;</p> <p class="poetry2">and the LORD has laid on him</p> <p class="poetry2">the iniquity of us all.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/53-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He was oppressed and he was afflicted,</p> <p class="poetry2">yet he didn’t open his mouth;</p> <p class="poetry2">like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,</p> <p class="poetry2">as<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:7 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read and as">o</a></span> a sheep that before its shearers is silent,</p> <p class="poetry2">so he did not open<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:7 So 1QIsaa; MT reads does not open">p</a></span> his mouth.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/53-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“From detention and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:8 So 1QIsaa MT; 1QIsab lacks and">q</a></span> judgment he was taken away<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:8 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 1QIsab reads judgment they took him away">r</a></span> —</p> <p class="poetry2">and who can even think about his descendants?<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:8 Or future">s</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">For he was cut off from the land of the living,</p> <p class="poetry2">he was stricken<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:8 So 1QIsaa; MT reads living, an affliction">t</a></span> for the transgression of my people.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/53-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Then they made<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:9 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read he made; LXX reads I will give">u</a></span> his grave with the wicked,</p> <p class="poetry2">and with rich people<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:9 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsaa corrector MT read with a rich man">v</a></span> in his death,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:9 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads deaths">w</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">although he had committed no violence,</p> <p class="poetry2">nor was there any deceit in his mouth.”</p> <p class="heading">The Exaltation of the Servant</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/53-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“Yet the LORD was willing to crush him,</p> <p class="poetry2">and he made him suffer.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:10 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read he made him suffer; LXX reads with a blow">x</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">Although you make his soul an offering for sin,</p> <p class="poetry2">he<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:10 So MT LXX; 1QIsaa reads And he">y</a></span> will see his offspring,</p> <p class="poetry2">and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:10 So 1QIsaa 4QIsad; 1QIsab MT lack and">z</a></span> he will prolong his days,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the will of the LORD will triumph in his hand.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/53-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Out of the suffering of his soul he will see light<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:11 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsad LXX; MT reads He will see of the suffering of his soul">aa</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:11 So 1QIsaa 4QIsad; MT lacks and">bb</a></span> find satisfaction.</p> <p class="poetry2">And<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:11 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT lacks And">cc</a></span> through his knowledge his servant,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:11 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read my servant">dd</a></span> the righteous one,</p> <p class="poetry2">will make many righteous,</p> <p class="poetry2">and he will bear their iniquities.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/53-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Therefore I will allot him a portion with the great,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:12 i.e. an allusion to the resurrection">ee</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and he will divide the spoils with the strong;</p> <p class="poetry2">because he poured out his life to death,</p> <p class="poetry2">and was numbered with the transgressors;</p> <p class="poetry2">yet he carried the sins<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:12 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsad LXX; MT reads the sin">ff</a></span> of many,</p> <p class="poetry2">and made intercession for their transgressions.”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="53:12 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsad LXX; MT reads for the transgressors">gg</a></span> </p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 53:1 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab MT; LXX reads <i>Lord, who</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 53:1 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT lacks <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 53:1 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT reads <i>upon</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 53:1 i.e. <i>the Messiah</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 53:2 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack <i>he had</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 53:2 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab MT LXX; 1QIsaa may read <i>at ourselves</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 53:2 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 1QIsaa may read <i>desire ourselves</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 53:3 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsab MT LXX lack <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 53:3 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads <i>and acquainted with</i>; 1QIsab reads <i>and knowing</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 53:3 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT LXX lacks <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 53:3 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read <i>he was despised</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 53:4 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 53:5 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT lacks <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 53:5 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab; MT LXX lack <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 53:7 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read <i>and as</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 53:7 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>does not open</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 53:8 So 1QIsaa MT; 1QIsab lacks <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 53:8 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 1QIsab reads <i>judgment they took him away</i><br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 53:8 Or <i>future</i><br /><span class="fnb">t</span> 53:8 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>living, an affliction</i><br /><span class="fnb">u</span> 53:9 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read <i>he made</i>; LXX reads <i>I will give</i><br /><span class="fnb">v</span> 53:9 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsaa corrector MT read <i>with a rich man</i><br /><span class="fnb">w</span> 53:9 So 1QIsaa LXX; MT reads <i>deaths</i><br /><span class="fnb">x</span> 53:10 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read <i>he made him suffer</i>; LXX reads <i>with a blow</i><br /><span class="fnb">y</span> 53:10 So MT LXX; 1QIsaa reads <i>And he</i><br /><span class="fnb">z</span> 53:10 So 1QIsaa 4QIsad; 1QIsab MT lack <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">aa</span> 53:11 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsad LXX; MT reads <i>He will see of the suffering of his soul</i><br /><span class="fnb">bb</span> 53:11 So 1QIsaa 4QIsad; MT lacks <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">cc</span> 53:11 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT lacks <i>And</i><br /><span class="fnb">dd</span> 53:11 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsad MT read <i>my servant</i><br /><span class="fnb">ee</span> 53:12 i.e. an allusion to the resurrection<br /><span class="fnb">ff</span> 53:12 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsad LXX; MT reads <i>the sin</i><br /><span class="fnb">gg</span> 53:12 So 1QIsaa 1QIsab 4QIsad LXX; 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