Isaiah 53
the news that we have to tell people?
Will anyone understand
how the Lord has used his great power?
like a young, green plant,
with its
He was not handsome.
He did not seem like a great king.
We did not see him as a special person.
There was nothing to see
that would make us want to be with him.
They refused to accept him.
He was a man who received much pain.
He knew what it felt like to be weak and ill.
People did not even want to look at him.
They did not respect him.
We decided that he was worth nothing.
He carried our pain for us.
We thought that he was receiving
We thought that God was causing him to
The bad things that we had done
The punishment that he received
has brought
The wounds that he received
have made us well.
like sheep that take the wrong path.
Each of us has turned to follow our own way.
But the Lord has taken all our
and put the punishment on him.
and he received much pain.
But he did not say anything to complain.
He was like a
He was like a sheep when they are cutting off its
but it makes no noise.
In the same way, he did not say anything.
Then they led him away to kill him.
And nobody at that time said that it was wrong.
His life in this world quickly came to an end.
And it was the sins of our own people that caused him to die.
But his body was put in a rich man's
He had not done anything to hurt anyone.
He had not told
He caused his servant to receive much pain.
His servant died to remove people's
As a result, God will
and he will have a long life.
What the Lord wants will happen,
because of what his servant does.
he will understand what he has done.
And he will be happy.
The Lord says,
‘My
because he will take the
as a great person
He will share the good things that powerful men receive
when they have won a
He deserves this, because he agreed to die as a
People thought that he himself was a
when he took away the sins of many people.
He prayed that God would