52:13 Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall
be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
14 As many were astonied at thee; his visage was
so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men:
15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall
shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they
see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
53: 1 Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the
arm of the LORD revealed?
2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant,
and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and
when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows,
and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he
was despised, and we esteemed him not.
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our
sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he
was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon
him; and with his stripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned
every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity
of us all.
7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he
opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as
a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
8 He was taken from prison and from judgment: and
who shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of
the living: for the transgression of my people was he stricken.
9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with
the rich in his death; because he had done no violence, neither was any
deceit in his mouth.
10 Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath
put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin,
he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the
LORD shall prosper in his hand.
11 He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall
be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many;
for he shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the
great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured
out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and
he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.