Isaiah 53 GNV
Summary: This is Isaiah's most famous Servant Song, describing one with no attractive appearance, despised and rejected, "a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief" (v. 3), who was wounded for others' transgressions and bruised for their iniquities, bearing the chastisement that brought them peace, "and with his stripes we are healed" (v. 5). Like a sheep led to slaughter he was silent before his oppressors, cut off from the land of the living, though he had done no violence and spoken no deceit, his grave assigned with the wicked yet with the rich in his death. The chapter presents this suffering as the LORD's own will, an offering for sin through which the Servant will see his offspring, prolong his days, and justify many by bearing their iniquities. It closes declaring he will be given a portion with the great because he poured out his soul unto death, was numbered with transgressors, bore the sin of many, and made intercession for transgressors.
1Who will beleeue our report? and to whom is the arme of the Lord reueiled?
2But hee shall growe vp before him as a branche, and as a roote out of a dry grounde: he hath neither forme nor beautie: when we shall see him, there shall be no forme that wee should desire him.
3He is despised and reiected of men: he is a man full of sorowes and hath experience of infirmities: we hidde as it were our faces from him: he was despised and we esteemed him not.
4Surely hee hath borne our infirmities, and caried our sorowes: yet wee did iudge him, as plagued, and smitten of God, and humbled.
5But hee was wounded for our transgressions, hee was broken for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was vpon him, and with his stripes we are healed.
6All we like sheepe haue gone astraye: wee haue turned euery one to his owne way, and the Lord hath layed vpon him the iniquitie of vs all.
7Hee was oppressed and he was afflicted, yet did he not open his mouth: hee is brought as a sheepe to the slaughter, and as a sheepe before her shearer is dumme, so he openeth not his mouth.
8Hee was taken out from prison, and from iudgement: and who shall declare his age? for he was cut out of the lande of the liuing: for the transgression of my people was he plagued.
9And he made his graue with the wicked, and with the riche in his death, though hee had done no wickednesse, neither was any deceite in his mouth.
10Yet the Lord would breake him, and make him subiect to infirmities: when hee shall make his soule an offring for sinne, he shall see his seede and shall prolong his dayes, and the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
11Hee shall see of the trauaile of his soule, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous seruant iustifie many: for hee shall beare their iniquities.
12Therefore will I giue him a portion with the great, and he shall deuide the spoyle with the strong, because hee hath powred out his soule vnto death: and he was counted with the transgressers, and he bare the sinne of many, and prayed for the trespassers.
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