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Isaiah 53:3-6

3He is despisedנִבְזֶה֙niv.ZehH959and rejectedוַחֲדַ֣לva.cha.DalH2310of menאִישִׁ֔ים'i.ShimH376;a manאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376of sorrowsמַכְאֹב֖וֹתmakh.'o.VotH4341,and acquaintedוִיד֣וּעַvi.Du.a'H3045with griefחֹ֑לִיCho.liH2483:and we hid as it wereוּכְמַסְתֵּ֤רu.khe.mas.TerH4564ourfacesפָּנִים֙pa.NimH6440from him; he was despisedנִבְזֶ֖הniv.ZehH959,and we esteemedחֲשַׁבְנֻֽהוּ׃cha.shav.Nu.huH2803him not.

4Surelyאָכֵ֤ן'a.KhenH403he hath borneנָשָׂ֔אna.Sa'H5375our griefsחֳלָיֵ֙נוּ֙cho.la.Ye.nuH2483,and carriedסְבָלָ֑םse.va.LamH5445our sorrowsוּמַכְאֹבֵ֖ינוּu.makh.'o.Vei.nuH4341:yet we did esteemחֲשַׁבְנֻ֔הוּcha.shav.Nu.huH2803him strickenנָג֛וּעַna.Gu.a'H5060,smittenמֻכֵּ֥הmu.KehH5221of Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430,and afflictedוּמְעֻנֶּֽה׃u.me.'u.NehH6031.

5But he waswoundedמְחֹלָ֣לme.cho.LalH2490for our transgressionsמִפְּשָׁעֵ֔נוּmi.pe.sha.'E.nuH6588, he wasbruisedמְדֻכָּ֖אme.du.Ka'H1792for our iniquitiesמֵעֲוֹנֹתֵ֑ינוּme.'a.vo.no.Tei.nuH5771:the chastisementמוּסַ֤רmu.SarH4148of our peaceשְׁלוֹמֵ֙נוּ֙she.lo.Me.nuH7965wasupon him; and with his stripesוּבַחֲבֻרָת֖וֹu.va.cha.vu.ra.ToH2250we are healedנִרְפָּא־nir.pa'-H7495.

6All we like sheepכַּצֹּ֣אןka.TzonH6629have gone astrayתָּעִ֔ינוּta.'I.nuH8582;we have turnedפָּנִ֑ינוּpa.Ni.nuH6437every oneאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376to his own wayלְדַרְכּ֖וֹle.dar.KoH1870;And Yhwhוַֽיהוָה֙va.Yah.wehH3068hath laidהִפְגִּ֣יעַhif.Gi.a'H6293on him the iniquityעֲוֹ֥ן'a.VonH5771of us all.

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