Isa 52:13-53:12 | ESV | STEP | Behold , my servant shall act wisely ; he shall be high and lifted up , and shall be exalted .

‏ Isaiah 52:13-15

He Was Pierced for Our Transgressions

13 Behold, ^amy servant shall act wisely; ^{▼▼Or shall prosper}
he shall be high and lifted up,
and shall be exalted.
14 As many were astonished at you—
^chis appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance,
and his form beyond that of the children of mankind—
15 so ^dshall he sprinkle ^{▼▼Or startle} many nations;
^fkings shall shut their mouths because of him,
^gfor that which has not been told them they see,
and that which they have not heard they understand.

‏ Isaiah 53

1 ^hWho has believed what he has heard from us? ^{▼▼Or Who has believed what we have heard?}
And to whom has ^jthe arm of the Lord been revealed?
2 For he grew up before him like a young plant,
^kand like a root out of dry ground;
^lhe had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
and no beauty that we should desire him.
3 ^mHe was despised and rejected ^{▼▼Or forsaken} by men,
a man of sorrows, ^{▼▼Or pains; also verse 4} and acquainted with ^{▼▼Or and knowing} grief; ^{▼▼Or sickness; also verse 4}
and as one from whom men hide their faces ^{▼▼Or as one who hides his face from us}
he was despised, and ^swe esteemed him not.
4 ^tSurely he has borne our griefs
and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
^usmitten by God, and afflicted.
5 ^vBut he was pierced for our transgressions;
he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
^wand with his wounds we are healed.
6 ^xAll we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned—every one—to his own way;
^yand the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
^zyet he opened not his mouth;
^aalike a ^ablamb that is led to the slaughter,
and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
so he opened not his mouth.
8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away;
and as for his generation, ^acwho considered
that he was cut off out of the land of the living,
stricken for the transgression of my people?
9 And they made his grave with the wicked
^adand with a rich man in his death,
although ^aehe had done no violence,
and there was no deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet ^afit was the will of the Lord to crush him;
he has put him to grief; ^{▼▼Or he has made him sick}
^ahwhen his soul makes ^{▼▼Or when you make his soul} an offering for guilt,
he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days;
^ajthe will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see ^{▼▼Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll he shall see light} and be satisfied;
by his knowledge shall ^althe righteous one, my servant,
^ammake many to be accounted righteous,
^anand he shall bear their iniquities.
12 ^aoTherefore I will divide him a portion with the many, ^{▼▼Or with the great}
^aqand he shall divide the spoil with the strong, ^{▼▼Or with the numerous}
because he poured out his soul to death
and was numbered with the transgressors;
^asyet he bore the sin of many,
and makes intercession for the transgressors.