Isa 53 | NASB1995 | STEP | Who has believed our message ? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed ?

Isaiah 53

The Suffering Servant

1 ^aWho has believed our message?
And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
2 For He grew up before Him like a ^btender ^{▼▼ Lit suckling}shoot,
And like a root out of parched ground;
He has ^dno stately form or majesty
That we should look upon Him,
Nor appearance that we should ^{▼▼ Lit desire}be attracted to Him.
3 He was ^fdespised and forsaken of men,
A man of ^{▼▼ Or pains}sorrows and ^hacquainted with ^{▼▼ Or sickness}grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was ^jdespised, and we did not ^kesteem Him.

4 Surely our ^{▼▼ Or sickness}griefs He Himself ^mbore,
And our ^{▼▼ Or pains}sorrows He carried;
Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,
^{▼▼ Or Struck down by}Smitten of ^pGod, and afflicted.
5 But He was ^{▼▼ Or wounded}pierced through for ^rour transgressions,
He was crushed for ^sour iniquities;
The ^tchastening for our ^{▼▼ Or peace}well-being fell upon Him,
And by ^vHis scourging we are healed.
6 All of us like sheep have gone astray,
Each of us has turned to his own way;
But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all
To ^{▼▼ Lit encounter Him}fall on Him.

7 He was oppressed and He was afflicted,
Yet He did not ^xopen His mouth;
^yLike a lamb that is led to slaughter,
And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,
So He did not open His mouth.
8 By oppression and judgment He was taken away;
And as for His generation, who considered
That He was cut off out of the land of the ^{▼▼ Or life}living
^aaFor the transgression of my people, to whom the stroke was due?
9 His grave was assigned with wicked men,
Yet He was with a ^abrich man in His death,
^acBecause He had ^addone no violence,
Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.

10 But the Lord was pleased
To ^aecrush Him, ^{▼▼ Lit He made Him sick
,} ^agputting Him to grief;
If ^{▼▼ Lit His soul}He would render Himself as a guilt ^aioffering,
He will see ^aj His ^{▼▼ Lit seed}offspring,
He will prolong His days,
And the ^{▼▼ Or will of}good ^ampleasure of the Lord will prosper in His hand.
11 As a result of the ^{▼▼ Or toilsome labor}anguish of His soul,
He will ^aosee ^{▼▼ Another reading is light} it and be satisfied;
By His ^aqknowledge the Righteous One,
My Servant, will justify the many,
As He will ^arbear their iniquities.
12 Therefore, I will allot Him a ^asportion with the great,
And He will divide the booty with the strong;
Because He poured out ^{▼▼ Lit His soul
,} ^auHimself to death,
And was ^avnumbered with the transgressors;
Yet He Himself ^awbore the sin of many,
And interceded for the transgressors.