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We all have gone astray like sheep.
Each of us has turned to his own way,
but the Lord has charged all our guilt to him.

He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,
yet he did not open his mouth.
Like a lamb he was led to the slaughter,
and like a sheep[a] that is silent in front of its shearers,
he did not open his mouth.
He was taken away without a fair trial[b] and without justice,
and of his generation, who even cared?[c]
So, he was cut off from the land of the living.
He was struck because of the rebellion of my people.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 53:7 Or ewe
  2. Isaiah 53:8 Or protection
  3. Isaiah 53:8 Verse 8 is difficult, and translations and arrangements of the verse vary widely.