All we like sheep have gone astray: we have turned every one to his own way, and the Lord hath laid upon him the [a]iniquity of us all.

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet did he not [b]open his mouth: he is brought as a sheep to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearer is dumb, so he opened not his mouth.

He was taken out from [c]prison, and from judgment: [d]and who shall declare his age? for he was cut out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people was he plagued.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 53:6 Meaning, the punishment of our iniquity, and not the fault itself.
  2. Isaiah 53:7 But willingly and patiently obeyed his father’s appointment, Matt. 26:63; Acts 8:32.
  3. Isaiah 53:8 From the cross and grave, after that he was condemned.
  4. Isaiah 53:8 Though he died for sin, yet after his resurrection he shall live forever and this his death is to restore life to his members, Rom. 6:9.

We all, like sheep, have gone astray,(A)
    each of us has turned to our own way;(B)
and the Lord has laid on him
    the iniquity(C) of us all.

He was oppressed(D) and afflicted,
    yet he did not open his mouth;(E)
he was led like a lamb(F) to the slaughter,(G)
    and as a sheep before its shearers is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.
By oppression[a] and judgment(H) he was taken away.
    Yet who of his generation protested?
For he was cut off from the land of the living;(I)
    for the transgression(J) of my people he was punished.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 53:8 Or From arrest
  2. Isaiah 53:8 Or generation considered / that he was cut off from the land of the living, / that he was punished for the transgression of my people?