He did it all

Isaiah 53

3 He was despised and rejected--a man of sorrows, acquainted with bitterest grief. We turned our backs on him and looked the other way when he went by. He was despised, and we did not care.

4 Yet it was our weaknesses he carried; it was our sorrows that weighed him down. And we thought his troubles were a punishment from God for his own sins!

5 But he was wounded and crushed for our sins. He was beaten that we might have peace. He was whipped, and we were healed!


6 All of us have strayed away like sheep. We have left God's paths to follow our own. Yet the LORD laid on him the guilt and sins of us all.

7 He was oppressed and treated harshly, yet he never said a word. He was led as a lamb to the slaughter. And as a sheep is silent before the shearers, he did not open his mouth.

8 From prison and trial they led him away to his death. But who among the people realized that he was dying for their sins--that he was suffering their punishment?

9 He had done no wrong, and he never deceived anyone. ...

11 ... because of what he has experienced, my righteous servant will make it possible for many to be counted righteous, for he will bear all their sins.

12 I will give him the honors of one who is mighty and great, because he exposed himself to death. He was counted among those who were sinners. He bore the sins of many and interceded for sinners.


(New Living Translation Holy Bible © 1996 by Tyndale Charitable Trust)