Isa Isaiah, chapter Book of Isaiah, chapter 53
Who has believed our message?
To whom has Yahweh’s arm been revealed?Isa 42:20; Jhn 12:38; Rom 10:16
For he grew up before him as a tender plant,
and as a root out of dry ground.
He has no good looks or majesty.
When we see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.Luk 2:46
He was despised
and rejected by men,
a man of suffering
and acquainted with disease.
He was despised as one from whom men hide their face;
and we didn’t respect him.Mrk 9:12
Surely he has borne our sickness
and carried our suffering;
yet we considered him plagued,
struck by God, and afflicted.Psa 110:7; Mat 20:19
But he was pierced for our transgressions.
He was crushed for our iniquities.
The punishment that brought our peace was on him;
and by his wounds we are healed.Rom 4:25; 1Co 15:3; 1Pe 2:24
All we like sheep have gone astray.
Everyone has turned to his own way;
and Yahweh has laid on him the iniquity of us all.Rom 3:12; Jhn 3:16
He was oppressed,
yet when he was afflicted he didn’t open his mouth.
As a lamb that is led to the slaughter,
and as a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
so he didn’t open his mouth.Mat 26:63; Mat 27:12; Mrk 14:61; Act 8:32
He was taken away by oppression and judgment.
As for his generation,
who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living
and stricken for the disobedience of my people?Mat 17:23; 1Co 15:3
They made his 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.1Pe 2:22; 1Jn 3:5
Yet it pleased Yahweh to bruise him.
He has caused him to suffer.
When you make his soul an offering for sin,
he will see his offspring.
He will prolong his days
and Yahweh’s pleasure will prosper in his hand.Jhn 12:24
After the suffering of his soul,
he will see the light53:11 So read the Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint. Masoretic Text omits “the light”. and be satisfied.
My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of himself;
and he will bear their iniquities.Jer 23:6; Act 7:52; Jhn 1:29
Therefore I will give him a portion with the great.
He will divide the plunder with the strong,
because he poured out his soul to death
and was counted with the transgressors;
yet he bore the sins of many
and made intercession for the transgressors.Mrk 15:28; Luk 22:37