aWho has believed what he has heard from us?
And to whom has bthe arm of the Lord been revealed?
2 For he grew up before him like a young plant,
aand like a root out of dry ground;
bhe had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
and no beauty that we should desire him.
3 aHe was despised and rejected by men,
a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
and as one from whom men hide their faces
he was despised, and bwe esteemed him not.
4 aSurely he has borne our griefs
and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
bsmitten by God, and afflicted.
5 aBut he was pierced for our transgressions;
he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
band with his wounds we are healed.
6 aAll we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned—every one—to his own way;
band the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
ayet he opened not his mouth;
blike a clamb 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, awho 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
aand with a rich man in his death,
although bhe had done no violence,
and there was no deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet ait was the will of the Lord to crush him;
he has put him to grief;
bwhen his soul makes an offering for guilt,
he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days;
cthe will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied;
by his knowledge shall athe righteous one, my servant,
bmake many to be accounted righteous,
cand he shall bear their iniquities.
12 aTherefore I will divide him a portion with the many,
band he shall divide the spoil with the strong,
because he poured out his soul to death
and was numbered with the transgressors;
cyet he bore the sin of many,
and makes intercession for the transgressors.