1
Who has believed our message?
To whom has the Lord revealed his powerful arm?
2
My servant grew up in the Lord ’s presence like a tender green shoot,
like a root in dry ground.
There was nothing beautiful or majestic about his appearance,
nothing to attract us to him.
3
He was despised and rejected -
a man of sorrows, acquainted with deepest grief.
We turned our backs on him and looked the other way.
He was despised, and we did not care.