Thursday, April 13, 2006

Isaiah 53: 1-7, 9-12

He was despised and rejected by men,
a man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering,
Like one from whom men hide their faces
he was despised and we esteemed him not.

Surely he took up our infirmities
and carried our sorrows,
yet we considered him stricken by God,
smitten by him, and afflicted.
But he was pierced for our transgressions,
he was crushed for our iniquities;
the punishment that brought us peace was upon him,
and by his wounds we are healed.
We all, like sheep, have gone astray,
each one of us has turned to his own way;
and the Lord had laid on him
the iniquity of us all.

He was oppressed and afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth;
He was led like a lamb to the slaughter,
and as a sheep before her shearers is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
He was assigned a grave with the wicked,
and with the rich in his death,
though he had done no violence,
nor was any deceit in his mouth.

Yet it was the Lord's will to crush him and
cause him to suffer,
and though the Lord makes his life a guilt offering
[...] the will of the Lord will prosper in his hand.
After the suffering of his soul,
he will see the light of life and be satisfied;
[...] because he poured out his life unto death,
and was numbered with the transgressors.

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