1 Whohas believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of theLordbeen revealed?
2 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,
And as a root out of dry ground.
He has no form or comeliness;
And when we see Him,
Thereisno beauty that we should desire Him.
3 He is despised and rejected by men,
# A Man of sorrows andacquainted with grief.
And we hid, as it were,ourfaces from Him;
# He was despised, andwe did not esteem Him.
4 SurelyHe has borne our griefs
And carried our sorrows;
Yet we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
5 But Hewaswounded for our transgressions,
Hewasbruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peacewasupon Him,
# And by Hisstripes we are healed.
6 All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And theLordhas laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
# YetHe opened not His mouth;
# He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
So He opened not His mouth.
8 He wastaken from prison and from judgment,
And who will declare His generation?
# ForHe was cut off from the land of the living;
For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.
9 And they made His grave with the wicked—
But with the rich at His death,
Because He had done no violence,
# Norwasanydeceit in His mouth.
10 Yet it pleased theLordto bruise Him;
He has putHimto grief.
# When You make His soulan offering for sin,
He shall seeHisseed, He shall prolongHisdays,
And the pleasure of theLordshall prosper in His hand.
11 He shall see the labor of His soul,andbe satisfied.
# By His knowledgeMy righteousServant shalljustify many,
For He shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great,
# And He shall divide the spoil with the strong,
# Because Hepoured out His soul unto death,
# And He wasnumbered with the transgressors,
And He bore the sin of many,
# Andmade intercession for the transgressors.