For He grew up before Him like a (A)tender [a]shoot,
And like a root out of parched ground;
He has (B)no stately form or majesty
That we should look upon Him,
Nor appearance that we should [b]be attracted to Him.
He was (C)despised and forsaken of men,
A man of [c]sorrows and (D)acquainted with [d]grief;
And like one from whom men hide their face
He was (E)despised, and we did not (F)esteem Him.

Surely our [e]griefs He Himself (G)bore,
And our [f]sorrows He carried;
Yet we ourselves esteemed Him stricken,
[g]Smitten of (H)God, and afflicted.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 53:2 Lit suckling
  2. Isaiah 53:2 Lit desire
  3. Isaiah 53:3 Or pains
  4. Isaiah 53:3 Or sickness
  5. Isaiah 53:4 Or sickness
  6. Isaiah 53:4 Or pains
  7. Isaiah 53:4 Or Struck down by