1 Who would have believed what we heard?Who saw the Lord’s power in this?
2 He grew up like a small plant before the Lord,like a root growing in a dry land.He had no special beauty or form to make us notice him;there was nothing in his appearance to make us desire him.
3 He was hated and rejected by people.He had much pain and suffering.People would not even look at him.He was hated, and we didn’t even notice him.
4 But he took our suffering on himand felt our pain for us.We saw his sufferingand thought God was punishing him.