Isaiah 53:2-4

Evangelical Heritage Version

² He grew up before him like a tender shoot^[a]
and like a root from dry ground.
He had no attractiveness and no majesty.
When we saw him, nothing about his appearance made us desire him.
³ He was despised and rejected by men,
a man who knew grief,
who was well acquainted with suffering.
Like someone whom people cannot bear to look at,
he was despised,
and we thought nothing of him.

⁴ Surely he was taking up our weaknesses,^[b]
and he was carrying our sufferings.
We thought it was because of God
    that he was stricken, smitten, and afflicted,