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^(a)Who has believed what he has heard from us?^[a] And to whom has ^(b)the arm of the Lord been revealed?

For he grew up before him like a young plant, ^(c)and like a root out of dry ground; ^(d)he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him.

^(e)He was despised and rejected^[b] by men, a man of sorrows^[c] and acquainted with^[d] grief;^[e] and as one from whom men hide their faces^[f] he was despised, and ^(f)we esteemed him not.

^(g)Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, ^(h)smitten by God, and afflicted.

⁽ⁱ⁾But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, ^(j)and with his wounds we are healed.

^(k)All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way; ^(l)and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, ^(m)yet he opened not his mouth; ⁽ⁿ⁾like a ^(o)lamb that is led to the slaughter, and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent, so he opened not his mouth.

By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, ^(p)who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people?

And they made his grave with the wicked ^(q)and with a rich man in his death, although ^(r)he had done no violence, and there was no deceit in his mouth.

Yet ^(s)it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief;^{[g] (t)}when his soul makes^[h] an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; ^(u)the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see^[i] and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall ^(v)the righteous one, my servant, ^(w)make many to be accounted righteous, ^(x)and he shall bear their iniquities.

^(y)Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many,^{[j] (z)}and he shall divide the spoil with the strong,^[k] because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; ^(aa)yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.