Who has believed our message ? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed ?
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 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 took on our infirmities and carried our sorrows ; yet we considered Him stricken by God , struck down and afflicted.
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.
We all like sheep have gone astray , each one has turned to his own way ; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
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.
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 ; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.
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.
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 , He will see (His) offspring , He will prolong His days , and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
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 allot Him a portion with the great , and He will divide the spoils with the strong , because - He has poured out His life unto death , and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.