The Suffering Servant
aWho has believed our message?And to whom has the arm of the LORD 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 2be attracted to Him.Lit sucklingLit desireIs 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 abore,And our 2sorrows He carried;Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,3Smitten of bGod, and afflicted.Or sicknessOr painsOr 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 2well-being fell upon Him,And by dHis scourging we are healed.Or woundedOr peaceIs 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 the LORD 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 the 1livingaFor the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due?Or lifeIs 53:5, 129 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 the LORD was pleasedTo acrush Him, 1bputting Him to grief;If 2He would render Himself as a guilt coffering,He will see dHis 3offspring,He will prolong His days,And the 4good epleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.Lit He made Him sickLit His soulLit seedOr will ofIs 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 justify the many,As He will cbear their iniquities.Or toilsome laborAnother reading is lightJohn 10:14-18Is 45:25; Rom 5:18, 19Is 53:5, 612 Therefore, I will allot Him a aportion with the great,And He will divide the booty with the strong;Because He poured out 1bHimself to death,And was cnumbered with the transgressors;Yet He Himself dbore the sin of many,And interceded for the transgressors.Lit His soulIs 52:13; Phil 2:9-11Matt 26:38, 39, 42Mark 15:28; Luke 22:37Is 53:6, 11; 2 Cor 5:21