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Who has believed our message^(a) and to whom has the arm^(b) of the Lord been revealed?^(c)

He grew up before him like a tender shoot,^(d) and like a root^(e) out of dry ground. He had no beauty or majesty to attract us to him, nothing in his appearance^(f) that we should desire him.

He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering,^(g) and familiar with pain.^(h) Like one from whom people hide⁽ⁱ⁾ their faces he was despised,^(j) and we held him in low esteem.

Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering,^(k) yet we considered him punished by God,^(l) stricken by him, and afflicted.^(m)

But he was pierced⁽ⁿ⁾ for our transgressions,^(o) he was crushed^(p) for our iniquities; the punishment^(q) that brought us peace^(r) was on him, and by his wounds^(s) we are healed.^(t)

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

He was oppressed^(x) and afflicted, yet he did not open his mouth;^(y) he was led like a lamb^(z) to the slaughter,^(aa) and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.

By oppression^[a] and judgment^(ab) he was taken away. Yet who of his generation protested? For he was cut off from the land of the living;^(ac) for the transgression^(ad) of my people he was punished.^[b]

He was assigned a grave with the wicked,^(ae) and with the rich^(af) in his death, though he had done no violence,^(ag) nor was any deceit in his mouth.^(ah)

Yet it was the Lord 's will^(ai) to crush^(aj) him and cause him to suffer,^(ak) and though the Lord makes^[c] his life an offering for sin,^(al) he will see his offspring^(am) and prolong his days, and the will of the Lord will prosper^(an) in his hand.

After he has suffered,^(ao) he will see the light^(ap) of life^[d] and be satisfied^[e]; by his knowledge^[f] my righteous servant^(aq) will justify^(ar) many, and he will bear their iniquities.^(as)

Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,^[g](at) and he will divide the spoils^(au) with the strong,^[h] because he poured out his life unto death,^(av) and was numbered with the transgressors.^(aw) For he bore^(ax) the sin of many,^(ay) and made intercession^(az) for the transgressors.