The Suffering Servant
aWho has believed our report?And to whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed?John 12:38; Rom 10:162 For He grew up before Him like a atender 1shoot,And like a root out of parched ground;He has bno stately form or majestyThat we should look upon Him,Nor appearance that we should desire Him.Lit sucklingIs 11:1Is 52:143 He was adespised and forsaken of men,A man of 1sorrows and bacquainted with 2grief;And like one from whom men hide their faceHe was cdespised, and we did not desteem Him.Or painsOr sicknessPs 22:6; Is 49:7; Luke 18:31-33Is 53:10Mark 10:33, 34John 1:10, 11
4 Surely our 1griefs He Himself 2abore,And our 3sorrows He 4carried;Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,5Smitten of bGod, and afflicted.Or sicknessOr carriedOr painsOr boreOr Struck down byMatt 8:17John 19:75 But He was 1pierced through for aour transgressions,He was crushed for bour iniquities;The cchastening for our peace fell upon Him,And by dHis 2wounds we are healed.Or woundedLit woundIs 53:8; Heb 9:28Is 53:10; Rom 4:25; 1 Cor 15:3Deut 11:2; Heb 5:81 Pet 2:24, 256 All of us like sheep have gone astray,Each of us has turned to his own way;But Yahweh has caused the iniquity of us allTo 1fall on Him.Lit encounter Him
7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted,Yet He did not aopen His mouth;bLike a lamb that is led to slaughter,And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,So He did not open His mouth.Matt 26:63; 27:12-14; Mark 14:61; 15:5; Luke 23:9; John 19:9Acts 8:32, 33; Rev 5:68 By oppression and judgment He was taken away;And as for His generation, who consideredThat He was cut off out of the land of 1the living,aThat for the transgression of my people, striking was due to Him?Or lifeIs 53:5, 129 So His grave was assigned with wicked men,Yet He was with a arich man in His death,bBecause He had cdone no violence,Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.Matt 27:57-60Is 42:1-31 Pet 2:22
10 But 1Yahweh was pleasedTo acrush Him, 2bputting Him to grief;If You would place His soul as a guilt coffering,He will see dHis seed,He will prolong His days,And the 3good epleasure of Yahweh will succeed in His hand.Or it was the desire of Yahweh, cf. Ps 40:6Or He put Him to grief; lit He made Him sickOr will of, desire of; cf. Ps 40:6Is 53:5Is 53:3, 4Is 53:6, 12; John 1:29Ps 22:30; Is 54:3; 61:9; 66:22Is 46:1011 As a result of the 1anguish of His soul,He will asee 2it and be satisfied;By His bknowledge the Righteous One,My Servant, will 3justify the many,As He will cbear their iniquities.Or toilsome laborOr lightOr declare the many righteous, cf. 53:11a; 5:23John 10:14-18Is 45:25; Rom 5:18, 19Is 53:5, 612 Therefore, I will divide for Him a aportion with the many,And He will divide the spoil with the strong;Because He poured out bHis soul to death,And was cnumbered with the transgressors;Yet He Himself 1dbore the sin of many,And interceded for the transgressors.Or carriedIs 52:13; Phil 2:9-11Matt 26:38, 39, 42Mark 15:28; Luke 22:37Is 53:6, 11; 2 Cor 5:21