1 O Lord, who has believed our report ? and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed ? Notesn1 John 12. 38 ; Rom. 10. 16.
2 We brought a report as of a child before him ; he is as a root in a thirsty land : he has no form nor comeliness ; and we saw him, but he had no form nor beauty.
3 But his form was ignoble, and inferior to that of the children of men ; he was a man in suffering, and acquainted with the bearing of sickness, for his face is turned from us : he was dishonoured, and not esteemed.
4 He bears our sins, and is pained for us : yet we accounted him to be in trouble, and in suffering, and in affliction. Notesn1 Mat. 8. 17.
5 But he was wounded on account of our sins, and was bruised because of our iniquities : the chastisement of our peace was upon him ; and by his bruises we were healed. Notesn1 Or, made sick.n2 Gr. bruise. 1 Pet. 2. 22.
6 All we as sheep have gone astray ; every one has gone astray in his way ; and the Lord gave him up for our sins.
7 And he, because of his affliction, opens not his mouth : he was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is dumb, so he opens not his mouth. Notesn1 Acts 8. 32,33.
8 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away : who shall declare his generation ? for his life is taken away from the earth : because of the iniquities of my people he was led to death.
9 And I will give the wicked for his burial, and the rich for his death ; for he practised no iniquity, nor craft with his mouth. Notesn1 1 Pet. 2. 22.
10 The Lord also is pleased to purge him from his stroke. If ye can give an offering for sin, your soul shall see a long-lived seed :
11 the Lord also is pleased to take away from the travail of his soul, to shew him light, and to form him with understanding ; to justify the just one who serves many well ; and he shall bear their sins.
12 Therefore he shall inherit many, and he shall divide the spoils of the mighty ; because his soul was delivered to death : and he was numbered among the transgressors ; and he bore the sins of many, and was delivered because of their iniquities. Notesn1 Mark 15. 28.