112 lines
2.1 KiB
Markdown
112 lines
2.1 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 53
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1. Who has believed our message?
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To whom has the LORD revealed his powerful arm?
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2. My servant grew up in the LORD's presence like a tender green shoot,
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like a root in dry ground.
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There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance,
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nothing to attract us to him.
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3. He was despised and rejected--
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a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief.
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We turned our backs on him and looked the other way.
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He was despised, and we did not care.
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4. Yet it was our weaknesses he carried;
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it was our sorrows that weighed him down.
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And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God,
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a punishment for his own sins!
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5. But he was pierced for our rebellion,
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crushed for our sins.
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He was beaten so we could be whole.
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He was whipped so we could be healed.
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6. All of us, like sheep, have strayed away.
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We have left God's paths to follow our own.
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Yet the LORD laid on him
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the sins of us all.
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7. He was oppressed and treated harshly,
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yet he never said a word.
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He was led like a lamb to the slaughter.
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And as a sheep is silent before the shearers,
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he did not open his mouth.
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8. Unjustly condemned,
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he was led away.
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No one cared that he died without descendants,
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that his life was cut short in midstream.
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But he was struck down
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for the rebellion of my people.
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9. He had done no wrong
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and had never deceived anyone.
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But he was buried like a criminal;
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he was put in a rich man's grave.
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10. But it was the LORD's good plan to crush him
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and cause him grief.
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Yet when his life is made an offering for sin,
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he will have many descendants.
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He will enjoy a long life,
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and the LORD's good plan will prosper in his hands.
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11. When he sees all that is accomplished by his anguish,
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he will be satisfied.
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And because of his experience,
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my righteous servant will make it possible
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for many to be counted righteous,
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for he will bear all their sins.
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12. I will give him the honors of a victorious soldier,
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because he exposed himself to death.
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He was counted among the rebels.
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He bore the sins of many and interceded for rebels.
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