Isaiah 53
(NIV)
1 Who has believed our message
and to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
2 He grew up before him like a tender shoot,
and like a root out of dry ground.
He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him,
nothing in his appearance that we should desire him.
3 He was despised and rejected by men,
a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering.
Like one from whom men hide their faces
he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he took up our infirmities
and carried our sorrows,
yet we considered him stricken by God,
smitten by him, and afflicted.
5 But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon him,
and by his wounds we are healed.*
6 We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each of us has turned to his own way;
and the LORD has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
he was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before her shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away.
And who can speak of his descendants?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;
for the transgression of my people he was stricken.
9 He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it was the LORD's will to crush him and cause him to suffer,
and though the LORD makes his life a guilt offering,
he will see his offspring and prolong his days,
and the will of the LORD will prosper in his hand.
11 After the suffering of his soul,
he will see the light of life and be satisfied;
by his knowledge my righteous servant will justify many,
and he will bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,
and he will divide the spoils with the strong,
because he poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.
For he bore the sin of many,
and made intercession for the transgressors.
*scribe's
note:
Tyndale
House Publisher's (Inc.) The Living Bible states, in the
fifth verse:
"But
he was wounded and bruised for our sins. He was chastised that we
might have peace; he was lashed - and we were healed."
Isaiah 53:1-12 (New
Living Translation)
1
Who has believed our message?
To whom has the Lord
revealed his powerful arm?
2 My servant grew up
in the Lord’s presence
like a tender green shoot,
like a root in dry ground.
There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his
appearance,
nothing to attract us to him.
3 He was despised and
rejected—
a man of sorrows, acquainted with
deepest grief.
We turned our backs on him and looked the other way.
He was despised, and we did not
care.
4
Yet it was our weaknesses he carried;
it was our sorrows
that weighed him down.
And we thought his troubles were a punishment from
God,
a punishment for his own sins!
5 But he was pierced
for our rebellion,
crushed for our sins.
He was beaten so we could be whole.
He was whipped so we could be
healed.
6 All of us, like
sheep, have strayed away.
We have left God’s paths to
follow our own.
Yet the Lord
laid on him
the sins of us all.
7
He was oppressed and treated harshly,
yet he never said a word.
He was led like a lamb to the slaughter.
And as a sheep is silent before
the shearers,
he did not open his mouth.
8 Unjustly condemned,
he was led away.
No one cared that he died without descendants,
that his life was cut short in
midstream.
But he was struck down
for the rebellion of my people.
9 He had done no
wrong
and had never deceived anyone.
But he was buried like a criminal;
he was put in a rich man’s
grave.
10
But it was the Lord’s
good plan to crush him
and cause him grief.
Yet when his life is made an offering for sin,
he will have many descendants.
He will enjoy a long life,
and the Lord’s
good plan will prosper in his hands.
11 When he sees all
that is accomplished by his anguish,
he will be satisfied.
And because of his experience,
my righteous servant will make it
possible
for many to be counted righteous,
for he will bear all their sins.
12 I will give him
the honors of a victorious soldier,
because he exposed himself to
death.
He was counted among the rebels.
He bore the sins of many and
interceded for rebels.
