Isaiah 53 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

The Suffering Servant

Isa 53:1Who would have had faith in the word which has come to our ears, and to whom had the arm of the Lord been unveiled?

Isa 53:2

Isa 53:2For his growth was like that of a delicate plant before him, and like a root out of a dry place: he had no grace of form, to give us pleasure;

Isa 53:3

Isa 53:3Men made sport of him, turning away from him; he was a man of sorrows, marked by disease; and like one from whom men's faces are turned away, he was looked down on, and we put no value on him.

Isa 53:4

Isa 53:4But it was our pain he took, and our diseases were put on him: while to us he seemed as one diseased, on whom God's punishment had come.

Isa 53:5

Isa 53:5But it was for our sins he was wounded, and for our evil doings he was crushed: he took the punishment by which we have peace, and by his wounds we are made well.

Isa 53:6

Isa 53:6We all went wandering like sheep; going every one of us after his desire; and the Lord put on him the punishment of us all.

Isa 53:7

Isa 53:7Men were cruel to him, but he was gentle and quiet; as a lamb taken to its death, and as a sheep before those who take her wool makes no sound, so he said not a word.

Isa 53:8

Isa 53:8They took away from him help and right, and who gave a thought to his fate? for he was cut off from the land of the living: he came to his death for the sin of my people.

Isa 53:9

Isa 53:9And they put his body into the earth with sinners, and his last resting-place was with the evil-doers, though he had done no wrong, and no deceit was in his mouth.

Isa 53:10

Isa 53:10And the Lord was pleased ... see a seed, long life, ... will do well in his hand. ...

Isa 53:11

Isa 53:11... made clear his righteousness before men ... had taken their sins on himself.

Isa 53:12

Isa 53:12For this cause he will have a heritage with the great, and he will have a part in the goods of war with the strong, because he gave up his life, and was numbered with the evil-doers; taking on himself the sins of the people, and making prayer for the wrongdoers.

The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Isaiah 53 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

The Suffering Servant

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