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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Isaiah 53 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/53.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/isaiah/53-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Isaiah 53</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/52.htm" title="Isaiah 52">◄</a> Isaiah 53 <a href="../isaiah/54.htm" title="Isaiah 54">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/isaiah/53.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/53-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Who has believed what he has heard from us?<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or Who has believed what we have heard?">a</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="indent">And to whom has the arm of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> been revealed?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/53-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For he grew up before him like a young plant,</span><br /><span class="indent">and like a root out of dry ground;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,</span><br /><span class="indent">and no beauty that we should desire him.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/53-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He was despised and rejected<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or forsaken">b</a></sup></span> by men,</span><br /><span class="indent">a man of sorrows<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or pains; also verse 4">c</a></sup></span> and acquainted with<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or and knowing">d</a></sup></span> grief;<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or sickness; also verse 4">e</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="ln-group">and as one from whom men hide their faces<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or as one who hides his face from us">f</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="indent">he was despised, and we esteemed him not.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/53-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Surely he has borne our griefs</span><br /><span class="indent">and carried our sorrows;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">yet we esteemed him stricken,</span><br /><span class="indent">smitten by God, and afflicted.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/53-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">But he was pierced for our transgressions;</span><br /><span class="indent">he was crushed for our iniquities;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,</span><br /><span class="indent">and with his wounds we are healed.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/53-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">All we like sheep have gone astray;</span><br /><span class="indent">we have turned—every one—to his own way;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">and the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> has laid on him</span><br /><span class="indent">the iniquity of us all.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/53-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,</span><br /><span class="indent">yet he opened not his mouth;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">like a lamb that is led to the slaughter,</span><br /><span class="indent">and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,</span><br /><span class="indent">so he opened not his mouth.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/53-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">By oppression and judgment he was taken away;</span><br /><span class="indent">and as for his generation, who considered</span><br /><span class="ln-group">that he was cut off out of the land of the living,</span><br /><span class="indent">stricken for the transgression of my people?</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/53-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">And they made his grave with the wicked</span><br /><span class="indent">and with a rich man in his death,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">although he had done no violence,</span><br /><span class="indent">and there was no deceit in his mouth.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/53-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Yet it was the will of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> to crush him;</span><br /><span class="indent">he has put him to grief;<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or he has made him sick">g</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="ln-group">when his soul makes<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or when you make his soul">h</a></sup></span> an offering for guilt,</span><br /><span class="indent">he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">the will of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> shall prosper in his hand.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/53-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll he shall see light">i</a></sup></span> and be satisfied;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant,</span><br /><span class="indent">make many to be accounted righteous,</span><br /><span class="indent">and he shall bear their iniquities.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/53-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or with the great">j</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="indent">and he shall divide the spoil with the strong,<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or with the numerous">k</a></sup></span></span><br /><span class="ln-group">because he poured out his soul to death</span><br /><span class="indent">and was numbered with the transgressors;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">yet he bore the sin of many,</span><br /><span class="indent">and makes intercession for the transgressors.</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">Who has believed what</span> we have heard?</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Or <i>forsaken</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Or <i>pains</i>; also verse 4<br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">and</span> knowing</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">e</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Or <i>sickness</i>; also verse 4<br /><span class="footnotesbot">f</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">as one</span> who hides his face from us</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">g</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">he has</span> made him sick</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">h</span> <span class="fnverse">10</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">when</span> you make his soul</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">i</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll <i><span class="catch-word">he shall see</span> light</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">j</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">with the</span> great</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">k</span> <span class="fnverse">12</span> Or <i><span class="catch-word">with the</span> numerous</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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