He is despised and rejected of men: he is a man full of sorrows, and hath experience of [a]infirmities: we hid as it were our faces from him: he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

Surely, he hath born our infirmities, and carried [b]our sorrows, yet we did judge him as [c]plagued and smitten of God, and humbled.

But he was wounded for our transgressions: he was broken for our iniquities: the [d]chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes are we healed.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 53:3 Which was by God’s singular providence for the comfort of sinners, Heb. 4:15.
  2. Isaiah 53:4 That is, the punishment due to our sins: for the which he hath both suffered and made satisfaction, Matt. 8:17; 1 Pet. 2:24.
  3. Isaiah 53:4 We judgeth evil, thinking that he was punished for his own sins, and not for ours.
  4. Isaiah 53:5 He was chastised for our reconciliation, 1 Cor. 15:3.

He was despised and rejected by mankind,
    a man of suffering,(A) and familiar with pain.(B)
Like one from whom people hide(C) their faces
    he was despised,(D) and we held him in low esteem.

Surely he took up our pain
    and bore our suffering,(E)
yet we considered him punished by God,(F)
    stricken by him, and afflicted.(G)
But he was pierced(H) for our transgressions,(I)
    he was crushed(J) for our iniquities;
the punishment(K) that brought us peace(L) was on him,
    and by his wounds(M) we are healed.(N)

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