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Isaiah 53 Summary
The Suffering Servant
This chapter is the pinnacle of the Servant Songs, describing one who is despised, rejected, and acquainted with grief. He bears the sins of many, is pierced for our transgressions, and by his wounds we are healed. Though oppressed and afflicted, he does not open his mouth, like a lamb led to slaughter, and is ultimately exalted by God.
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Key verses
Isaiah 53:3
“He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.”
Isaiah 53:5
“But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.”
Isaiah 53:6
“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.”
Isaiah 53:12
“Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.”
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