📖 Isaiah — Chapter 53 (KJV)
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Isaiah 53:1 RWho hath believed our Treport? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?
Isaiah 53:2 For Rhe shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Isaiah 53:3 He is despised and rejected of men; Ra man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and Twe hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
Isaiah 53:4 Surely Rhe hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
Isaiah 53:5 RBut he was Twounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his Tstripes we are healed.
Isaiah 53:6 RAll we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath Tlaid on him the iniquity of us all.
Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, Ryet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
Isaiah 53:8 He was taken Tfrom prison and from judgment: and Rwho shall declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the land of the living: for the transgression of my people Twas he stricken.
Isaiah 53:9 And he Rmade his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his Tdeath; because he had done no violence, neither was any deceit in his mouth.
Isaiah 53:10 Yet it Rpleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when Tthou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.
Isaiah 53:11 He shall Rsee of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
Isaiah 53:12 Therefore Rwill 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.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Isaiah 53:1–4 — A rejected servant bears grief
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The report asks who has believed as the servant appears without impressive outward attraction. Despised and acquainted with grief, he carries sorrows that observers misunderstand.
Key Truth: Do not judge worth by outward appearance.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “Who hath ____ our report? and to whom is the arm of the …” (Isaiah 53:1)
Find it in Isaiah 53:1 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “He is ____ and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted …” (Isaiah 53:3)
Find it in Isaiah 53:3 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “____ he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet …” (Isaiah 53:4)
Find it in Isaiah 53:4 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Isaiah 53:5–8 — Our transgressions and his suffering
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The servant’s wounds are connected with others’ sins and wandering. Silent like a lamb before its shearers, he is taken away and cut off for the people’s transgression.
Key Truth: Face the cost of sin and the gift of mercy.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “… he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our ____ was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.” (Isaiah 53:5)
Find it in Isaiah 53:5 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “… oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his ____ : he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, …” (Isaiah 53:7)
Find it in Isaiah 53:7 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “He was taken from prison and from ____ : and who shall declare his generation? for he was …” (Isaiah 53:8)
Find it in Isaiah 53:8 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Isaiah 53:9–12 — An innocent life offered for sinners
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Despite his innocence, the servant dies among the wicked and with the rich. His life is an offering for sin; he bears many iniquities and intercedes for transgressors.
Key Truth: Respond to sacrificial mercy with repentance and gratitude.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “And he made his grave with the ____ , and with the rich in his death; because he …” (Isaiah 53:9)
Find it in Isaiah 53:9 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “He shall see of the travail of his ____ , and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my …” (Isaiah 53:11)
Find it in Isaiah 53:11 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “… the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto ____ : and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he …” (Isaiah 53:12)
Find it in Isaiah 53:12 (KJV).
Related Scripture (KJV)
1 Peter 2:24 — Peter applies sin-bearing and healing language to Christ.
This related passage is selected for its connection with this chapter. It is separate from the chapter text.
Reflect and Apply
How should received mercy shape your treatment of others?
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. How do people respond to the man of sorrows?
2. What misunderstanding accompanies his bearing griefs?
3. Whose transgressions and iniquities explain the described wounds?
4. What do lamb and silent-sheep comparisons emphasize?
5. What action accompanies bearing the sin of many?
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