Berean Standard Bible

Isaiah 53

The Suffering Servant

1WhoH4310 has believedH539 our messageH8052?And toH5921 whomH4310 has the armH2220 of the LORDH3068 been revealedH1540?12He grew upH5927 before HimH6440 like a tender shootH3126,and like a rootH8328 out of dryH6723 groundH776.He had noH3808 stately formH8389 or majestyH1926 to attract usH7200,noH3808 beautyH4758 that we should desire HimH2530.3He was despisedH959 and rejectedH2310 by menH376,a manH376 of sorrowsH4341, acquaintedH3045 with griefH2483.Like one from whom men hideH4564 H4480 their facesH6440,He was despisedH959, and we esteemed HimH2803 notH3808.

4SurelyH403 HeH1931 took upH5375 our infirmitiesH2483and carriedH5445 our sorrowsH4341;2yet weH587 considered HimH2803 strickenH5060,struck downH5221 by GodH430, and afflictedH6031.5But HeH1931 was piercedH2490 for our transgressionsH6588,He was crushedH1792 for our iniquitiesH5771;the punishmentH4148 that brought us peaceH7965 was upon HimH5921,and by His stripesH2250 we are healedH7495.36We allH3605 like sheepH6629 have gone astrayH8582,4each oneH376 has turnedH6437 to his own wayH1870;and the LORDH3068 has laidH6293 upon HimH853the iniquityH5771 of us allH3605.

7He was oppressedH5065 H1931 and afflictedH6031,yet He did notH3808 openH6605 His mouthH6310.He was ledH2986 like a lambH7716 to the slaughterH2874,and as a sheepH7353 beforeH6440 her shearersH1494 is silentH481,so He did notH3808 openH6605 His mouthH6310.

8By oppressionH6115 and judgmentH4941 He was taken awayH3947, andH853 whoH4310 can recountH7878 His descendantsH1755? ForH3588 He was cut offH1504 from the landH776 of the livingH2416;5 He was strickenH5061 for the transgressionH6588 of My peopleH5971.

9He was assignedH5414 a graveH6913 withH854 the wickedH7563,and withH854 a rich manH6223 in His deathH4194,althoughH5921 He had doneH6213 noH3808 violenceH2555,norH3808 was any deceitH4820 in His mouthH6310.6

10Yet it was the LORD’sH3068 willH2654 to crush HimH1792and to cause Him to sufferH2470;and whenH518 His soulH5315 is madeH7760 a guilt offeringH817,7He will seeH7200 His offspringH2233, He will prolongH748 His daysH3117,and the good pleasureH2656 of the LORDH3068 will prosperH6743 in His handH3027.11After the anguishH5999 of His soulH5315,He will seeH7200 the light of life8 and be satisfiedH7646.By His knowledgeH1847 My righteousH6662 ServantH5650 will justifyH6663 manyH7227,and HeH1931 will bearH5445 their iniquitiesH5771.12ThereforeH3651 I will allot Him a portionH2505 with the greatH7227,9and He will divideH2505 the spoilsH7998 withH854 the strongH6099,10becauseH8478 He has poured outH6168 His lifeH5315 unto deathH4194,and He was numberedH4487 withH854 the transgressorsH6586.11Yet HeH1931 boreH5375 the sinH2399 of manyH7227and made intercessionH6293 for the transgressorsH6586.

1. Isaiah 53:1 Cited in John 12:38 and Romans 10:16 ↩
2. Isaiah 53:4 LXX This One bears our sins and is pained for us; cited in Matthew 8:17 and 1 Peter 2:24 ↩
3. Isaiah 53:5 Cited in 1 Peter 2:24 ↩
4. Isaiah 53:6 Cited in 1 Peter 2:25 ↩
5. Isaiah 53:8 LXX In humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth; cited in Acts 8:32–33. ↩
6. Isaiah 53:9 Cited in 1 Peter 2:22 ↩
7. Isaiah 53:10 Or and though He makes His life a guilt offering ↩
8. Isaiah 53:11 DSS (see also LXX); MT does not include the light of life. ↩
9. Isaiah 53:12 Or many ↩
10. Isaiah 53:12 Or numerous ↩
11. Isaiah 53:12 Cited in Luke 22:37 ↩