Isaiah 53
New King James Version

The Sin-Bearing Messiah

53 Who^(A)has believed our report?
And to whom has the arm of theLordbeen revealed?
²For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,
And as a root out of dry ground.
He has no^[a]form or^[b]comeliness;
And when we see Him,
There isno^[c]beauty that we should desire Him.
³^(B)He is despised and^[d]rejected by men,
A Man of^[e]sorrows and^(C)acquainted with^[f]grief.
And we hid, as it were,ourfaces from Him;
He was despised, and^(D)we did not esteem Him.

⁴Surely^(E)He has borne our^[g]griefs
And carried our^[h]sorrows;
Yet we^[i]esteemed Him stricken,
^[j]Smitten by God, and afflicted.
⁵But Hewas^(F)wounded^[k]for our transgressions,
He was^[l]bruised for our iniquities;
The chastisement for our peacewasupon Him,
And by His^(G)stripes^[m]we are healed.
⁶All we like sheep have gone astray;
We have turned, every one, to his own way;
And theLord^[n]has laid on Him the iniquity of us all.

⁷He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet^(H)He opened not His mouth;
^(I)He was led as a lamb to the slaughter,
And as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
So He opened not His mouth.
⁸He was^(J)taken from^[o]prison and from judgment,
And who will declare His generation?
For^(K)He was cut off from the land of the living;
For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.
⁹^(L)And^[p]they made His grave with the wicked—
But with the rich at His death,
Because He had done no violence,
Norwas any^(M)deceit in His mouth.

¹⁰Yet it pleased theLordto^[q]bruise Him;
He has putHimto grief.
When You make His soul^(N)an offering for sin,
He shall seeHisseed, He shall prolongHisdays,
And the pleasure of theLordshall prosper in His hand.
¹¹^[r]He shall see the labor of His soul,andbe satisfied.
By His knowledge^(O)My righteous^(P)Servant shall^(Q)justify many,
For He shall bear their iniquities.
¹²^(R)Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great,
^(S)And He shall divide the^[s]spoil with the strong,
Because He^(T)poured out His soul unto death,
And He was^(U)numbered with the transgressors,
And He bore the sin of many,
And^(V)made intercession for the transgressors.