13  Behold, ^bmy servant shall act wisely;¹

he shall be high and lifted up,

and shall be exalted.

14  As many were astonished at you—

^chis appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance,

and his form beyond that of the children of mankind—

15  so ^dshall he sprinkle² many nations.

^eKings shall shut their mouths because of him,

^ffor that which has not been told them they see,

and that which they have not heard they understand.

1  ^gWho has believed what he has heard from us?³

And to whom has ^hthe arm of the Lord been revealed?

2  For he grew up before him like a young plant,

ⁱand like a root out of dry ground;

^jhe had no form or majesty that we should look at him,

and no beauty that we should desire him.

3  ^kHe was despised and rejected⁴ by men,

a man of sorrows⁵ and acquainted with⁶ grief;⁷

and as one from whom men hide their faces⁸

he was despised, and ^lwe esteemed him not.

4  ^mSurely he has borne our griefs

and carried our sorrows;

yet we esteemed him stricken,

ⁿsmitten by God, and afflicted.

5  ^oBut he was pierced for our transgressions;

he was crushed for our iniquities;

upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,

^pand with his wounds we are healed.

6  ^qAll we like sheep have gone astray;

we have turned—every one—to his own way;

^rand the Lord has laid on him

the iniquity of us all.

7  He was oppressed, and he was afflicted,

^syet he opened not his mouth;

^tlike a ^ulamb that is led to the slaughter,

and like a sheep that before its shearers is silent,

so he opened not his mouth.

8  By oppression and judgment he was taken away;

and as for his generation, ^vwho considered

that he was cut off out of the land of the living,

stricken for the transgression of my people?

9  And they made his grave with the wicked

^wand with a rich man in his death,

although^{9 x}he had done no violence,

and there was no deceit in his mouth.

10  Yet ^yit was the will of the Lord to crush him;

he has put him to grief;¹⁰

^zwhen his soul makes¹¹ an offering for guilt,

he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days;

^athe will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.

11  Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see¹² and be satisfied;

by his knowledge shall ^bthe righteous one, my servant,

^cmake many to be accounted righteous,

^dand he shall bear their iniquities.

12  ^eTherefore I will divide him a portion with the many,¹³

^fand he shall divide the spoil with the strong,¹⁴

because he poured out his soul to death

and was numbered with the transgressors;

^gyet he bore the sin of many,

and makes intercession for the transgressors.

17  “For behold, ^kI create new heavens

and a new earth,

and the former things shall not be remembered

or come into mind.

18  But be glad and rejoice forever

in that which I create;

for behold, ^lI create Jerusalem to be a joy,

and her people to be a gladness.

19  ^mI will rejoice in Jerusalem

and be glad in my people;

ⁿno more shall be heard in it the sound of weeping

and the cry of distress.

20  No more shall there be in it

an infant who lives but a few days,

or an old man who does not fill out his days,

for ^othe young man shall die a hundred years old,

and ^pthe sinner a hundred years old shall be accursed.

21  ^qThey shall build houses and inhabit them;

they shall plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

22  ^qThey shall not build and another inhabit;

they shall not plant and another eat;

^rfor like the days of a tree shall the days of my people be,

and my chosen shall long enjoy¹ the work of their hands.

23  ^sThey shall not labor in vain

^tor bear children for calamity,²

for ^uthey shall be the offspring of the blessed of the Lord,

and their descendants with them.

24  ^vBefore they call I will answer;

^wwhile they are yet speaking I will hear.

25  ^xThe wolf and the lamb shall graze together;

the lion shall eat straw like the ox,

and ^ydust shall be the serpent’s food.

^zThey shall not hurt or destroy

in all my holy mountain,”

says the Lord.