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Isaiah 53
World English Bible British Edition · Berean Standard Bible
Who has believed our message?
Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed (note: Cited in John 12:38 and Romans 10:16)?
For he grew up before him as a tender plant,
He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
He was despised
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
Surely he has borne our sickness
Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows (note: LXX This One bears our sins and is pained for us; cited in Matthew 8:17 and 1 Peter 2:24); yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our transgressions.
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 stripes we are healed (note: Cited in 1 Peter 2:24).
All we like sheep have gone astray.
We all like sheep have gone astray (note: Cited in 1 Peter 2:25), each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
He was oppressed,
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.
He was taken away by oppression and judgement.
By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living (note: LXX In humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth; cited in Acts 8:32–33.); He was stricken for the transgression of My people.
They made his grave with the wicked,
He was assigned a 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 (note: Cited in 1 Peter 2:22).
Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him.
Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering (note: Or and though He makes His life a guilt offering), He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
After the suffering of his soul,
After the anguish 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.
Therefore I will give him a portion with the great.
Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great (note: Or many), and He will divide the spoils with the strong (note: Or numerous), because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors (note: Cited in Luke 22:37). Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.