The Greatest Substitute

Behold, ^bmy servant shall act wisely;

he shall be high and lifted up,

and shall be exalted.

14 As many were astonished at you—

^chis appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance,

and his form beyond that of the children of mankind—

15 so ^dshall he sprinkle many nations.

^eKings shall shut their mouths because of him,

^ffor that which has not been told them they see,

and that which they have not heard they understand.

53 ^gWho has believed what he has heard from us?

And to whom has ^hthe arm of the LORD been revealed?

2 For he grew up before him like a young plant,

ⁱand like a root out of dry ground;

^jhe had no form or majesty that we should look at him,

and no beauty that we should desire him.

3 ^kHe was despised and rejected by men,

a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;

and as one from whom men hide their faces

he was despised, and ^lwe esteemed him not.

4 ^mSurely he has borne our griefs

and carried our sorrows;

yet we esteemed him stricken,

ⁿsmitten by God, and afflicted.

5 ^oBut he was pierced for our transgressions;

he was crushed for our iniquities;

upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,

^pand with his wounds we are healed.

6 ^qAll we like sheep have gone astray;

we have turned—every one—to his own way;

^rand the LORD has laid on him

the iniquity of us all.

7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,

^syet he opened not his mouth;

^tlike a ^ulamb that is led to the slaughter,

and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,

so he opened not his mouth.

8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away;

and as for his generation, ^vwho considered

that he was cut off out of the land of the living,

stricken for the transgression of my people?

9 And they made his grave with the wicked

^wand with a rich man in his death,

although ^xhe had done no violence,

and there was no deceit in his mouth.

10 Yet ^yit was the will of the LORD to crush him;

he has put him to grief;

^zwhen his soul makesan offering for guilt,

he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days;

^athe will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied;

by his knowledge shall ^bthe righteous one, my servant,

^cmake many to be accounted righteous,

^dand he shall bear their iniquities.

12 ^eTherefore I will divide him a portion with the many,

^fand he shall divide the spoil with the strong,

because he poured out his soul to death

and was numbered with the transgressors;

^gyet he bore the sin of many,

and makes intercession for the transgressors.