Isaiah 53 - 54 — Legacy Standard Bible

The Suffering Servant

53^aWho has believed our report?And to whom has the arm of Yahweh been revealed?²For He grew up before Him like a ^atender ¹shoot,And like a root out of parched ground;He has ^bno stately form or majestyThat we should look upon Him,Nor appearance that we should desire Him.³He was ^adespised and forsaken of men,A man of ¹sorrows and ^bacquainted with ²grief;And like one from whom men hide their faceHe was ^cdespised, and we did not ^desteem Him.⁴Surely our ¹griefs He Himself ²^,^abore,And our ³sorrows He ⁴carried;Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,⁵Smitten of ^bGod, and afflicted.⁵But He was ¹pierced through for ^aour transgressions,He was crushed for ^bour iniquities;The ^cchastening for our peace fell upon Him,And by ^dHis ²wounds we are healed.⁶All of us like sheep have gone astray,Each of us has turned to his own way;But Yahweh has caused the iniquity of us allTo ¹fall on Him.⁷He was oppressed and He was afflicted,Yet He did not ^aopen His mouth;^bLike a lamb that is led to slaughter,And like a sheep that is silent before its shearers,So He did not open His mouth.⁸By oppression and judgment He was taken away;And as for His generation, who consideredThat He was cut off out of the land of ¹the living,^aThat for the transgression of my people, striking was due to Him?⁹So His grave was assigned with wicked men,Yet He was with a ^arich man in His death,^bBecause He had ^cdone no violence,Nor was there any deceit in His mouth.¹⁰But ¹Yahweh was pleasedTo ^acrush Him, ²^,^bputting Him to grief;If You would place His soul as a guilt ^coffering,He will see ^dHis seed,He will prolong His days,And the ³good ^epleasure of Yahweh will succeed in His hand.¹¹As a result of the ¹anguish of His soul,He will ^asee ²it and be satisfied;By His ^bknowledge the Righteous One,My Servant, will ³justify the many,As He will ^cbear their iniquities.¹²Therefore, I will divide for Him a ^aportion with the many,And He will divide the spoil with the strong;Because He poured out ^bHis soul to death,And was ^cnumbered with the transgressors;Yet He Himself ¹^,^dbore the sin of many,And interceded for the transgressors.

The Inheritance of the Slaves of Yahweh

54“^aShout for joy, O barren woman, who has not given birth;Break forth into joyful shouting and cry aloud, you who have not been in ¹labor;For ^bmore numerous are the sons of the ^cdesolate oneThan the sons of the married woman,” says Yahweh.²“^aEnlarge the place of your tent;¹Stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back;Lengthen your ^bcordsAnd strengthen your ^cpegs.³“For you will ^aspread abroad to the right and to the left.And your seed will ^bpossess nationsAnd will ^cresettle the desolate cities.⁴“Do not be afraid, for you will ^anot be put to shame;And do not feel dishonored, for you will not be humiliated;But you will forget the ^bshame of your virginity,And the ^creproach of your widowhood you will remember no more.⁵“For your ^ahusband is your Maker,Whose name is Yahweh of hosts;And your ^bRedeemer is the Holy One of Israel,Who is called the ^cGod of all the earth.⁶“For Yahweh has called you,Like a wife ^aforsaken and grieved in spirit,Even like a wife of one’s youth when she is rejected,”Says your God.⁷“¹For a ^abrief moment I forsook you,But with great compassion I will ^bgather you.⁸“In ¹a ^aflood of furyI hid My face from you for a moment,But with everlasting ^blovingkindness I will ^chave compassion on you,”Says Yahweh your ^dRedeemer.⁹“For ¹this is like the days of Noah to Me,When I swore that the waters of NoahWould ^anot ²overflow the earth again;So I have sworn that I will ^bnot be furious with youNor will I rebuke you.¹⁰“For the ^amountains may be removed and the hills may shake,But My lovingkindness will not be removed from you,And My ^bcovenant of peace will not be shaken,”Says ^cYahweh who has compassion on you.¹¹“O ^aafflicted one, storm-tossed, and ^bnot comforted,Behold, I will lay your stones in antimony,And your foundations I will ^cset in ¹^,^dsapphires.¹²“Moreover, I will make your battlements of ¹rubies,And your gates of ²crystal,And your entire ³wall of ⁴precious stones.¹³“^aAll your sons will be ¹taught of Yahweh;And the peace of your sons will be ^bgreat.¹⁴“In ^arighteousness you will be established;You will be far from ^boppression, for you will ^cnot fear,And from ^dterror, for it will not come near you.¹⁵“If anyone fiercely attacks you it will not be from Me.^aWhoever attacks you will fall because of you.¹⁶“Behold, I Myself have created the craftsman who blows the fire of coalsAnd brings out a weapon for its work;And I have created the bringer of ruin to wreak destruction.¹⁷“^aNo weapon that is formed against you will succeed;And ^bevery tongue that ¹accuses you in judgment you will condemn.This is the inheritance of the ²slaves of Yahweh,And their ^crighteousness is from Me,” declares Yahweh.