The Suffering Servant
(Acts 8:26–40; 1 Peter 2:21–25)

1Who has believed in our report?

And the arm of YHWH—to whom has it been revealed?†

2For He grew up as a tender shoot before His face,

and as a root out of a dry land.

No form was unto Him, and no splendor that we should see Him,

and no appearance that we should desire him.

3He was despised and rejected by men,

a man of sorrows and acquainted with weakness;

and like one from whom they hide their faces

he was despised, and we esteemed him not.

4Surely, our sicknesses He has lifted,

and our sorrows, He has borne them;†

and we considered Him stricken—

struck by God and afflicted.

5And he was pierced for our transgressions,

crushed for our iniquities;

the chastisement of our peace was upon Him,

and by His stripes there is healing† for us.

6We all like sheep have gone astray,†

we have turned, each man to his own way;

and YHWH has placed on him

the iniquity of us all.

7He was oppressed and he was afflicted,

and he did not open his mouth;

like a lamb led to the slaughter,

and like a sheep before the faces of her shearers is silent,

so He did not open his mouth.

8By restraint and by judgment He was taken away,

and His generation—who can recount?

For He was cut off from the land of the living;†

for the transgression of My people He was stricken.

A Grave Assigned
(Matthew 27:57–61; Mark 15:42–47; Luke 23:50–56; John 19:38–42)

9And He appointed His grave with the wicked,

and with a rich one in his death;

although He had done no violence,

and no deceit was in his mouth.†

10And YHWH has delighted to bruise Him

and Make Him weak;

if his soul is made a guilt offering,†

He will see his seed; He will prolong His days;

and the delight of YHWH will prosper in His hand.

11He will see the light of life† after the anguish of His soul

and be satisfied;

By His knowledge My Servant, the righteous one, will bring righteousness to many,

and He will bear their iniquities.

12Therefore I will divide a portion to him with the many,†

and with the mighty† he will divide the spoil

upon that he poured out his soul to the death,

and he was numbered with the transgressors;†

and he himself bore the sin of many

and made intercession for the transgressors.

Footnotes:

1 Cited in John 12:38 and Romans 10:16
4 LXX This One bears our sins and is pained for us; cited in Matthew 8:17 and 1 Peter 2:24
5 Cited in 1 Peter 2:24
6 Cited in 1 Peter 2:25
8 LXX In humiliation He was deprived of justice. Who can recount His descendants? For His life was removed from the earth; cited in Acts 8:32–33.
9 Cited in 1 Peter 2:22
10 Or and though He makes His life a guilt offering
11 DSS (see also LXX); MT does not include the light of life.
12 Or great
12 Or numerous
12 Cited in Luke 22:37