• Isaiah 53:1-12
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)

    • 53 Who has put faith in the thing heard from us?*+

      And as for the arm of Jehovah,+ to whom has it been revealed?+

       2 He will come up like a twig+ before him,* like a root out of parched land.

      No stately form does he have, nor any splendor;+

      And when we see him, his appearance does not draw us to him.*

       3 He was despised and was avoided by men,+

      A man who was meant for* pains and was familiar with sickness.

      It was as if his face were hidden from us.*

      He was despised, and we held him as of no account.+

       4 Truly he himself carried our sicknesses,+

      And he bore our pains.+

      But we considered him as plagued, stricken by God and afflicted.

       5 But he was pierced+ for our transgression;+

      He was crushed for our errors.+

      He bore the punishment for our peace,+

      And because of his wounds we were healed.+

       6 Like sheep we have all wandered about,+

      Each has turned his own way,

      And Jehovah has caused the error of us all to meet up with him.+

       7 He was oppressed+ and he let himself be afflicted,+

      But he would not open his mouth.

      He was brought like a sheep to the slaughter,+

      Like a ewe that is silent before its shearers,

      And he would not open his mouth.+

       8 Because of restraint* and judgment he was taken away;

      And who will concern himself with the details of his generation?*

      For he was cut off from the land of the living;+

      Because of the transgression of my people he received the stroke.*+

       9 And he was given a burial place* with the wicked,+

      And with the rich* in his death,+

      Although he had done no wrong*

      And there was no deception in his mouth.+

      10 But it was Jehovah’s will* to crush him, and he let him become sick.

      If you will present his life* as a guilt offering,+

      He will see his offspring,* he will prolong his days,+

      And through him the delight* of Jehovah will have success.+

      11 Because of his anguish,* he will see and be satisfied.

      By means of his knowledge the righteous one, my servant,+

      Will bring a righteous standing to many people,+

      And their errors he will bear.+

      12 For that reason I will assign him a portion among the many,

      And he will apportion the spoil with the mighty,

      Because he poured out his life* even to death+

      And was counted among the transgressors;+

      He carried the sin of many people,+

      And he interceded for the transgressors.+