²For he grew up before him like a shoot,

And like a root from arid ground.

He had no handsome form or splendour,

And when we saw him,

It was not a sight

That we should desire him.

³He was despised and repudiated by men

– A man of sorrows and acquainted with affliction –

While we were like a person hiding his face from him.

He was despised,

And we did not esteem him.

⁴Surely he has borne our ailments

And taken the weight of our sorrows,

But we considered him stricken

– Struck by God and afflicted.

⁵He was wounded for our transgressions;

He was bruised for our iniquities.

The punishment for our peace was on him,

⁶We like sheep have all gone astray;

We have each turned our own way.

But the Lord has laid on him

The iniquity of us all.

⁷He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,

But he did not open his mouth.

He was led like a lamb to the slaughter,

And as a ewe before its shearers is silent

He did not open his mouth.

For the transgression of my people

He was struck down.

⁹And his grave was appointed with the wicked,

But with a rich man in his death,

¹⁰Yet the Lord was pleased to bruise him,

And to ravage him.

When his life makes a guilt-offering,

He will see his seed,

He will prolong his days,

And the pleasure of the Lord

Will prosper in his hand.

¹¹He will see the result of his inward toil;

He will be satisfied.

My righteous servant will justify many by his knowledge,

And he will bear their iniquities.

¹²That is why I will apportion him among the great,

And he will share spoil with the mighty,

Because he poured out his being to death,

And he was counted with the transgressors,

And he bore the sin of many,

And he pleaded for the transgressors.

Reference(s) in Chapter 53: v.1 ↔ John 12:38, Romans 10:16 ● v.4 ↔ Matthew 8:17, 1 Peter 2:24 ● v.5 ↔ 1 Peter 2:24 ● v.6 ↔ 1 Peter 2:25 ● v.7 ↔ Acts 8:32, 1 Peter 2:23 ● v.8 ↔ Acts 8:33 ● v.9 ↔ 1 Peter 2:22 ● v.12 ↔ Mark 15:28, Luke 22:37.