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<p class="indent2"> And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/53-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, <p class="indent2"> and like a root out of dry ground. <p class="indent1"> He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, <p class="indent2"> no beauty that we should desire Him. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>He was despised and rejected by men, <p class="indent2"> a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. <p class="indent1"> Like one from whom men hide their faces, <p class="indent2"> He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/53-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Surely He took on our infirmities <p class="indent2"> and carried our sorrows;<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <p class="indent1"> yet we considered Him stricken by God, <p class="indent2"> struck down and afflicted. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/53-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>But He was pierced for our transgressions, <p class="indent2"> He was crushed for our iniquities; <p class="indent1"> the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, <p class="indent2"> and by His stripes we are healed.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/53-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>We all like sheep have gone astray,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <p class="indent2"> each one has turned to his own way; <p class="indent1"> and the LORD has laid upon Him <p class="indent2"> the iniquity of us all. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/53-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>He was oppressed and afflicted, <p class="indent2"> yet He did not open His mouth. <p class="indent1"> He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, <p class="indent2"> and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, <p class="indent2"> so He did not open His mouth. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/53-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>By oppression and judgment He was taken away, <p class="indent2"> and who can recount His descendants? <p class="indent1"> For He was cut off from the land of the living;<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> <p class="indent2"> He was stricken for the transgression of My people. <A name="10"></a><p class="hdg">A Grave Assigned<br /><span class="cross">(<a href ="../matthew/27.htm#57">Matthew 27:57–61</a>; <a href ="../mark/15.htm#42">Mark 15:42–47</a>; <a href ="../luke/23.htm#50">Luke 23:50–56</a>; <a href ="../john/19.htm#38">John 19:38–42</a>)</span><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/53-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>He was assigned a grave with the wicked, <p class="indent2"> and with a rich man in His death, <p class="indent1"> although He had done no violence, <p class="indent2"> nor was any deceit in His mouth.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/53-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him <p class="indent2"> and to cause Him to suffer; <p class="indent1"> and when His soul is made a guilt offering,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> <p class="indent2"> He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, <p class="indent2"> and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/53-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>After the anguish of His soul, <p class="indent2"> He will see the light of life<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">h</a></span> and be satisfied. <p class="indent1"> By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, <p class="indent2"> and He will bear their iniquities. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/53-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">i</a></span> <p class="indent2"> and He will divide the spoils with the strong,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">j</a></span> <p class="indent1"> because He has poured out His life unto death, <p class="indent2"> and He was numbered with the transgressors.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">k</a></span> <p class="indent1"> Yet He bore the sin of many <p class="indent2"> and made intercession for the transgressors.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Cited in <a href="../john/12.htm#38">John 12:38</a> and <a href="../romans/10.htm#16">Romans 10:16</a><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> LXX <i>This One bears our sins and is pained for us</i><span class="thin"> </span>; cited in <a href="../matthew/8.htm#17">Matthew 8:17</a> and <a href="../1_peter/2.htm#24">1 Peter 2:24</a><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Cited in <a href="../1_peter/2.htm#24">1 Peter 2:24</a><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Cited in <a href="../1_peter/2.htm#25">1 Peter 2:25</a><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> LXX <i>In humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth;</i><span class="thin"> </span> cited in <a href="../acts/8.htm#32">Acts 8:32–33</a>.<br><span class="fnverse">9</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> Cited in <a href="../1_peter/2.htm#22">1 Peter 2:22</a><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> Or <i>and though He makes His life a guilt offering</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">11</span> <span class="footnotesbot">h</span> DSS (see also LXX); MT does not include <i>the light of life</i><span class="thin"> </span>.<br><span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotesbot">i</span> Or <i>many</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotesbot">j</span> Or <i>numerous</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> <span class="footnotesbot">k</span> Cited in <a href="../luke/22.htm#37">Luke 22:37</a><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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