1 Who can believe what we have heard,and for whose sake has the Lord’s arm been revealed?
2 He grew up like a young plant before us,like a root from dry ground.He possessed no splendid form for us to see,no desirable appearance.
3 He was despised and avoided by others;a man who suffered, who knew sickness well.Like someone from whom people hid their faces,he was despised, and we didn’t think about him.
4 It was certainly our sickness that he carried,and our sufferings that he bore,but we thought him afflicted,struck down by God and tormented.
5 He was pierced because of our rebellionsand crushed because of our crimes.He bore the punishment that made us whole;by his wounds we are healed.
6 Like sheep we had all wandered away,each going its own way,but the Lord let fall on him all our crimes.
7 He was oppressed and tormented,but didn’t open his mouth.Like a lamb being brought to slaughter,like a ewe silent before her shearers,he didn’t open his mouth.