1. Who would have believed what we heard?Who saw the Lord’s power in this?
2. He grew up like a small plant before the Lord,like a root growing in a dry land.He had no special beauty or form to make us notice him;there was nothing in his appearance to make us desire him.
3. He was hated and rejected by people.He had much pain and suffering.People would not even look at him.He was hated, and we didn’t even notice him.
4. But he took our suffering on himand felt our pain for us.We saw his sufferingand thought God was punishing him.
5. But he was wounded for the wrong we did;he was crushed for the evil we did.The punishment, which made us well, was given to him,and we are healed because of his wounds.
6. We all have wandered away like sheep;each of us has gone his own way.But the Lord has put on him the punishmentfor all the evil we have done.