Isaiah 53

My servant grew up in the Lord’s presence
like a tender green shoot,
sprouting from a root in dry and sterile ground.
There was nothing beautiful
or majestic about his appearance,
nothing to attract us to him.
He was despised and rejected—
a man of sorrows,
acquainted with bitterest grief.
We turned our backs on him
and looked the other way when he went by.
He was despised, and we did not care.
Yet it was our weaknesses he carried;
it was our sorrows* that weighed him down.
And we thought his troubles were
a punishment from God for his own sins!
But he was wounded and crushed for our sins.
He was beaten that we might have peace.
He was whipped, and we were healed!
All of us have strayed away like sheep.
We have left God’s paths to follow our own.
Yet the Lord laid on him the guilt and sins of us all.
He was oppressed and treated harshly,
yet he never said a word.
He was led as a lamb to the slaughter.
And as a sheep is silent before the shearers,
he did not open his mouth.
From prison and trial they led him away to his death.
He had done no wrong,
and he had never deceived anyone.
But he was buried like a criminal;
he was put in a rich man’s grave.
Yet when his life is made an offering for sin,
he will have a multitude of children, many heirs.
And because of what he has experienced,
my righteous servant will make it possible
for many to be counted righteous,
for he will bear all their sins.
(verses 2-11)

*Or Yet it was our sicknesses he carried; it was our diseases.

The Lord's Servant
... grew up in the Lord's presence like a tender green shoot
... nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearence
... nothing to attract us to him
... despised
... rejected
... a man of sorrows
... acquainted with bitterest grief
... we turned our backs on him
... we looked the other way when he went by
... we did not care
... carried our weaknesses/sicknesses
... our sorrows/diseases wieghed him down
... wounded and crushed for our sins
... beaten that we might have peace
... whipped and we were healed
... guilt and sins of us all laid on him
... oppressed
... treated harshly
... led as a lamb to the slaughter
... led away to his death
... done no wrong
... never deceived anyone
... buried like a criminal
... put in a rich man's grave
... life made an offering for sin
... will have many heirs
... will make it possible for many to be counted righteous
... will bear all sins

O, that we no longer stray away like sheep ... that we no longer leave God's paths to follow our own ...