He Was Wounded for Our Transgressions

Isaiah 52

13 Behold, b my servant shall act wisely; 1
he shall be high and lifted up,
and shall be exalted.
 14 As many were astonished at you -
c his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance,
and his form beyond that of the children of mankind -
15 so d shall he sprinkle 2 many nations;
e kings shall shut their mouths because of him;
f for that which has not been told them they see,
and that which they have not heard they understand.

Isaiah 53

1 g Who has believed what he has heard from us? 3
And to whom has h the arm of the Lord been revealed?
 2 For he grew up before him like a young plant,
i and like a root out of dry ground;
j he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,
and no beauty that we should desire him.
 3 k He was despised and rejected 4 by men;
a man of sorrows, 5 and acquainted with 6 grief; 7
and as one from whom men hide their faces 8
he was despised, and l we esteemed him not.

4 m Surely he has borne our griefs
and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
n smitten by God, and afflicted.
 5 o But he was wounded for our transgressions;
he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
p and with his stripes we are healed.
 6 q All we like sheep have gone astray;
we have turned - every one - to his own way;
r and the Lord has laid on him
the iniquity of us all.

7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
s yet he opened not his mouth;
t like a u lamb that is led to the slaughter,
and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,
so he opened not his mouth.
 8 By oppression and judgment he was taken away;
and as for his generation, v who considered
that he was cut off out of the land of the living,
stricken for the transgression of my people?
 9 And they made his grave with the wicked
w and with a rich man in his death,
although x he had done no violence,
and there was no deceit in his mouth.

10 Yet y it was the will of the Lord to crush him;
he has put him to grief; 9
z when his soul makes 10 an offering for guilt,
he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days;
a the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
 11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see 11 and be satisfied;
by his knowledge shall b the righteous one, my servant,
c make many to be accounted righteous,
d and he shall bear their iniquities.
 12 e Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, 12
f and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, 13
because he poured out his soul to death
and was numbered with the transgressors;
g yet he bore the sin of many,
and makes intercession for the transgressors.

  1. Cross References
    Isaiah 42:1
    Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.
  2. Cross References
    Isaiah 53:2 - 3
    For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him, and no beauty that we should desire him.
  3. Cross References
    Leviticus 4:6
    And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle part of the blood seven times before the Lord in front of the veil of the sanctuary.
    Leviticus 4:17
    And the priest shall dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle it seven times before the Lord in front of the veil.
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 49:7
    Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nation, the servant of rulers: "Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall prostrate themselves; because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.
    Isaiah 49:23
    Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you, and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord ; those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.
  5. Cross References
    Romans 15:21
    But as it is written, "Those who have never been told of him will see, and those who have never heard will understand.
    Romans 16:25
    Now to him who is able to strengthen you according to my gospel and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery that was kept secret for long ages
  6. Cross References
    John 12:38
    So that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: "Lord, who has believed what he heard from us, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
    Romans 10:16
    But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, "Lord, who has believed what he has heard from us?
  7. Cross References
    Isaiah 51:9
    Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord ; awake, as in days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not you who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the dragon?
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 11:1
    There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of Jesse, and a branch from his roots shall bear fruit.
  9. Cross References
    Isaiah 52:14
    As many were astonished at you - his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance, and his form beyond that of the children of mankind -
  10. Cross References
    Isaiah 49:7
    Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nation, the servant of rulers: "Kings shall see and arise; princes, and they shall prostrate themselves; because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.
    Psalms 22:6
    But I am a worm and not a man, scorned by mankind and despised by the people.
    Mark 9:12
    And he said to them, "Elijah does come first to restore all things. And how is it written of the Son of Man that he should suffer many things and be treated with contempt?
  11. Cross References
    John 1:10 - 11
    He was in the world, and the world was made through him, yet the world did not know him.
  12. Cross References
    Matthew 8:17
    This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah: "He took our illnesses and bore our diseases.
  13. Cross References
    Psalms 69:26
    For they persecute him whom you have struck down, and they recount the pain of those you have wounded.
  14. Cross References
    Romans 4:25
    Who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
  15. Cross References
    1 Peter 2:24
    He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed.
  16. Cross References
    1 Peter 2:25
    For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
    Jeremiah 50:6
    My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray, turning them away on the mountains. From mountain to hill they have gone. They have forgotten their fold.
    Jeremiah 50:17
    Israel is a hunted sheep driven away by lions. First the king of Assyria devoured him, and now at last Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has gnawed his bones.
  17. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 5:21
    For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
    Isaiah 53:10
    Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
    Colossians 2:14
    By canceling the record of debt that stood against us with its legal demands. This he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
  18. Cross References
    Matthew 26:63
    But Jesus remained silent. And the high priest said to him, "I adjure you by the living God, tell us if you are the Christ, the Son of God.
    Mark 14:61
    But he remained silent and made no answer. Again the high priest asked him, "Are you the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?
    John 19:9
    He entered his headquarters again and said to Jesus, "Where are you from?" But Jesus gave him no answer.
    1 Peter 2:23
    When he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.
  19. Cross References
    Acts 8:32
    Now the passage of the Scripture that he was reading was this: "Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter and like a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he opens not his mouth.
  20. Cross References
    Jeremiah 11:19
    But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. I did not know it was against me they devised schemes, saying, "Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name be remembered no more.
  21. Cross References
    Isaiah 57:1
    The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from calamity.
  22. Cross References
    Matthew 27:57
    When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who also was a disciple of Jesus.
    Matthew 27:60
    And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had cut in the rock. And he rolled a great stone to the entrance of the tomb and went away.
  23. Cross References
    1 Peter 2:22
    He committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth.
    Hebrews 4:15
    For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin.
    1 John 3:5
    You know that he appeared to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.
  24. Cross References
    Isaiah 53:4
    Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
  25. Cross References
    Isaiah 53:6
    All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned - every one - to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
  26. Cross References
    Isaiah 44:28
    Who says of Cyrus, 'He is my shepherd, and he shall fulfill all my purpose'; saying of Jerusalem, 'She shall be built,' and of the temple, 'Your foundation shall be laid.'
  27. Cross References
    1 John 2:1
    My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.
  28. Cross References
    Acts 13:39
    And by him everyone who believes is freed from everything from which you could not be freed by the law of Moses.
    Romans 5:18 - 19
    Therefore, as one trespass led to condemnation for all men, so one act of righteousness leads to justification and life for all men.
  29. Cross References
    Isaiah 53:5
    But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed.
  30. Cross References
    Isaiah 52:13
    Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall be exalted.
    Philippians 2:9
    Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name.
  31. Cross References
    Colossians 2:15
    He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.
  32. Cross References
    Isaiah 53:6
    All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned - every one - to his own way; and the Lord has laid on him the iniquity of us all.
    Isaiah 53:8
    By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living, stricken for the transgression of my people?
    Isaiah 53:10
    Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
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