Whohasbelievedourmessageand
towhomhasthearmoftheLORDbeenrevealed?
Hegrewupbeforehimlikeatendershoot,andlikearootoutofdryground.
Hehadnobeautyormajestytoattractustohim,
nothinginhisappearancethatweshoulddesirehim.
Hewasdespisedandrejectedbymen,amanofsorrows,
andfamiliarwithsuffering.
Likeonefromwhommenhidetheirfaceshewasdespised,
andweesteemedhimnot.
Surelyhetookupourinfirmitiesandcarriedoursorrows,
yetweconsideredhimstrickenbyGod,smittenbyhim,andafflicted.
Buthewaspiercedforourtransgressions,hewascrushedforouriniquities;
thepunishmentthatbroughtuspeacewasuponhim,
andbyhiswoundswearehealed.
Weall,likesheep,havegoneastray,eachofushasturnedtohisownway;
andtheLORDhaslaidonhimtheiniquityofusall.
Hewasoppressedandafflicted,yethedidnotopenhismouth;
hewasledlikealambtotheslaughter,
andasasheepbeforehershearersissilent,
sohedidnotopenhismouth.
Byoppressionandjudgmenthewastakenaway.
Andwhocanspeakofhisdescendants?
Forhewascutofffromthelandoftheliving;
forthetransgressionofmypeoplehewasstricken.
Hewasassignedagravewiththewicked,andwiththerichinhisdeath,
thoughhehaddonenoviolence,norwasanydeceitinhismouth.
YetitwastheLORD’swilltocrushhimandcausehimtosuffer,
andthoughtheLORDmakeshislifeaguiltoffering,
hewillseehisoffspringandprolonghisdays,
andthewilloftheLORDwillprosperinhishand.
Afterthesufferingofhissoul,hewillseethelightoflifeandbesatisfied;
byhisknowledgemyrighteousservantwilljustifymany,
andhewillbeartheiriniquities.
ThereforeIwillgivehimaportionamongthegreat,
andhewilldividethespoilswiththestrong,
becausehepouredouthislifeuntodeath,
andwasnumberedwiththetransgressors.
Forheborethesinofmany,andmadeintercessionforthetransgressors.
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