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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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" 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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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><p class="par"><span class="v23_53_1"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.53.1" class="v23_53_1">1</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.53.1!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> The people reply,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_53_1">“Who would have believed what we now report?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_53_1">Who could have seen the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s hand in this?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_53_2"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.53.2" class="v23_53_2">2</span>It was the will of the <span class="nd">Lord</span> that his servant</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_53_2">grow like a plant taking root in dry ground.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_53_2">He had no dignity or beauty</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_53_2">to make us take notice of him.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_53_2">There was nothing attractive about him,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_53_2">nothing that would draw us to him.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_53_3"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.53.3" class="v23_53_3">3</span>We despised him and rejected him;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_53_3">he endured suffering and pain.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_53_3">No one would even look at him—</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_53_3">we ignored him as if he were nothing.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_53_4"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.53.4" class="v23_53_4">4</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.53.4!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “But he endured the suffering that should have been ours,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_53_4">the pain that we should have borne.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_53_4">All the while we thought that his suffering</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_53_4">was punishment sent by God.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_53_5"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.53.5" class="v23_53_5">5</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.53.5!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> But because of our sins he was wounded,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_53_5">beaten because of the evil we did.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_53_5">We are healed by the punishment he suffered,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_53_5">made whole by the blows he received.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_53_6"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.53.6" class="v23_53_6">6</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.53.6!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> All of us were like sheep that were lost,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_53_6">each of us going his own way.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_53_6">But the <span class="nd">Lord</span> made the punishment fall on him,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_53_6">the punishment all of us deserved.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_53_7"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.53.7" class="v23_53_7">7</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.53.7!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> <a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.53.7!x.2" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “He was treated harshly, but endured it humbly;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_53_7">he never said a word.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_53_7">Like a lamb about to be slaughtered,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_53_7">like a sheep about to be sheared,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_53_7">he never said a word.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_53_8"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.53.8" class="v23_53_8">8</span>He was arrested and sentenced and led off to die,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_53_8">and no one cared about his fate.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_53_8">He was put to death for the sins of our people.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_53_9"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.53.9" class="v23_53_9">9</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.53.9!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> He was placed in a grave with those who are evil,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_53_9">he was buried with the rich,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_53_9">even though he had never committed a crime</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_53_9">or ever told a lie.”</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="par"><span class="v23_53_10"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.53.10" class="v23_53_10">10</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> says,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_53_10">“It was my will that he should suffer;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_53_10">his death was a sacrifice to bring forgiveness.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_53_10">And so he will see his descendants;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_53_10">he will live a long life,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_53_10">and through him my purpose will succeed.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_53_11"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.53.11" class="v23_53_11">11</span>After a life of suffering, he will again have joy;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_53_11">he will know that he did not suffer in vain.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_53_11">My devoted servant, with whom I am pleased,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_53_11">will bear the punishment of many</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_53_11">and for his sake I will forgive them.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_53_12"><span class="reftext" id="Isa.53.12" class="v23_53_12">12</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.53.12!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> And so I will give him a place of honor,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_53_12">a place among the great and powerful.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_53_12">He willingly gave his life</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_53_12">and shared the fate of evil men.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v23_53_12">He took the place of many sinners</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v23_53_12">and prayed that they might be forgiven.”<a href="#fn" id="link_Isa.53.12!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">53.12: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">prayed that they might be forgiven; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">suffered the punishment they deserved.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible 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