^{2 Ref} For 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;

^{3 Ref} Men 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.

^{4 Ref} But 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.

^{5 Ref} But 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.

^{6 Ref} We all went wandering like sheep; going every one of us after his desire; and the Lord put on him the punishment of us all.

^{7 Ref} Men 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.

^{8 Ref} They 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.

^{9 Ref} And 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.

^{10 Ref} And the Lord was pleased ... see a seed, long life, ... will do well in his hand. ...