Isaiah 52:13-53:12
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Servant’s Suffering and Exaltation
13 See, My Servant[a](A) will act wisely;[b]
He will be raised and lifted up and greatly exalted.(B)
14 Just as many were appalled at You[c]—
His appearance was so disfigured
that He did not look like a man,
and His form did not resemble a human being—
15 so He will sprinkle[d][e] many nations.[f](C)
Kings will shut their mouths because of Him,
For they will see what had not been told them,
and they will understand what they had not heard.(D)
53 Who has believed what we have heard?[g]
And who has the arm of the Lord(E) been revealed to?(F)
2 He grew up before Him like a young plant(G)
and like a root out of dry ground.
He didn’t have an impressive form
or majesty that we should look at Him,
no appearance that we should desire Him.(H)
3 He was despised and rejected by men,(I)
a man of suffering who knew what sickness was.(J)
He was like someone people turned away from;[h]
He was despised, and we didn’t value Him.
4 Yet He Himself bore our sicknesses,
and He carried our pains;(K)
but we in turn regarded Him stricken,
struck down by God,(L) and afflicted.
5 But He was pierced because of our transgressions,(M)
crushed because of our iniquities;(N)
punishment(O) for our peace was on Him,
and we are healed by His wounds.(P)
6 We all went astray like sheep;(Q)
we all have turned to our own way;
and the Lord has punished Him
for[i] the iniquity(R) of us all.(S)
7 He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet He did not open His mouth.
Like a lamb led to the slaughter
and like a sheep silent before her shearers,
He did not open His mouth.(T)
8 He was taken away because of oppression and judgment;
and who considered His fate?[j]
For He was cut off from the land of the living;
He was struck because of my people’s rebellion.
9 They[k] made His grave with the wicked
and with a rich man at His death,(U)
although He had done no violence
and had not spoken deceitfully.(V)
10 Yet the Lord was pleased(W) to crush Him severely.[l](X)
When[m] You make Him a restitution offering,(Y)
He will see His seed, He will prolong His days,
and by His hand, the Lord’s pleasure will be accomplished.(Z)
11 He will see it[n] out of His anguish,
and He will be satisfied with His knowledge.
My righteous(AA) Servant(AB) will justify many,(AC)
and He will carry their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will give Him[o] the many as a portion,
and He will receive[p] the mighty as spoil,
because He submitted Himself to death,(AD)
and was counted among the rebels;(AE)
yet He bore the sin of many(AF)
and interceded for the rebels.(AG)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 52:13 Tg adds the Messiah
- Isaiah 52:13 Or will be successful
- Isaiah 52:14 Some Hb mss, Syr, Tg read Him
- Isaiah 52:15 Or startle
- Isaiah 52:15 As the blood of a sacrifice is sprinkled on the altar on behalf of the people
- Isaiah 52:15 LXX reads so many nations will marvel at Him
- Isaiah 53:1 Or believed our report
- Isaiah 53:3 Lit And like a hiding of faces from Him
- Isaiah 53:6 Or has placed on Him; lit with
- Isaiah 53:8 Or and as for His generation, who considered [Him]?
- Isaiah 53:9 DSS; MT reads He
- Isaiah 53:10 Or Him; He made Him sick.
- Isaiah 53:10 Or If
- Isaiah 53:11 DSS, LXX read see light
- Isaiah 53:12 Or Him with
- Isaiah 53:12 Or receive with
Matthew 20:28
Holman Christian Standard Bible
28 just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve,(A) and to give His life—a ransom for many.”(B)
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