The Suffering Servant

1Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? ¹⁸⁶

2He 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.

3He 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.

4Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; ¹⁸⁷yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.

5But 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. ¹⁸⁸

6We all like sheep have gone astray, ¹⁸⁹each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.

7He 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.

8By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; ¹⁹⁰He was stricken for the transgression of My people.

A Grave Assigned

9He 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. ¹⁹¹

10Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, ¹⁹²He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days,
and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.

11After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life ¹⁹³and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.

12Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, ¹⁹⁴and He will divide the spoils with the strong, ¹⁹⁵because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. ¹⁹⁶Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.