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.
5 But he was wounded for the wrong we did;he was crushed for the evil we did.The punishment, which made us well, was given to him,and we are healed because of his wounds.
6 We all have wandered away like sheep;each of us has gone his own way.But the Lord has put on him the punishmentfor all the evil we have done.