Isa 49:7, 53:2-3, 1Pe 2:4 | ESV | STEP | Thus says the Lord , the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One , to one deeply despised , abhorred by the nation , the servant of rulers : Kings shall see and arise ; princes , and they shall prostrate themselves ; because of the Lord , who is faithful , the Holy One of Israel , who has chosen you.

Isaiah 49:7

7 Thus says the Lord,
^athe Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One,
^bto one deeply despised, abhorred by the nation,
the servant of rulers:
^c“Kings shall see and arise;
princes, and they shall prostrate themselves;
because of the Lord, who is faithful,
the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”

Isaiah 53:2-3

2 For he grew up before him like a young plant,
^dand like a root out of dry ground;
^ehe had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
and no beauty that we should desire him.
3 ^fHe was despised and rejected ^{▼▼Or forsaken} by men,
a man of sorrows, ^{▼▼Or pains; also verse 4} and acquainted with ^{▼▼Or and knowing} grief; ^{▼▼Or sickness; also verse 4}
and as one from whom men hide their faces ^{▼▼Or as one who hides his face from us}
he was despised, and ^lwe esteemed him not.

1 Peter 2:4

4 As you come to him, a living stone ^mrejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious,