Shaya 53

Who has believed our message? To whom has the arm of YAHWEH1 been revealed?2 2For he grew up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground. He has no beauty or majesty to attract us to him; and when we see him, there is nothing in his appearance that we should desire him. 3He was despised and rejected by men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with suffering. As one from whom men hide their face, he was despised, and we did not respect him. 

4Surely he took up our infirmities, and bore our sorrows,3 yet we considered him plagued, struck by God,4 and afflicted. 5But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed. 6All we like sheep have gone astray;5 everyone has turned to his own way; and YAHWEH has laid on him the iniquity of us all.

7He was oppressed, yet when he was afflicted he did not open his mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter. As a sheep before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth. 8By oppression and judgment he was taken away. And who can speak of his descendants? For he was cut off out from the land of the living; for the disobedience of my people he was stricken.6 9They made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death, although he had done no violence, neither was deceit found in his mouth.7 

10Yet it pleased YAHWEH to bruise him; he has put him to grief. When you shall make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his offspring. He shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of YAHWEH shall prosper in his hand. 11He shall see of the suffering of his soul, and shall be satisfied. By his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; and he shall bear their iniquities. 12Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death, and he was numbered with the lawbreakers.8 Yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the lawbreakers.

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  1. 53:1 YAHWEH, the name God revealed to Prophet Musa in the Taurat, Exodus 3:15 – God said moreover to Musa, “You shall tell Bani-Israel this, ‘YAHWEH, the God of your fathers, the God of Ibrahim, the God of Ishaq, and the God of Yaqub, has sent me to you.’ This is my Name forever, and this is how I am to be remembered to all generations.” ↩︎
  2. 53:1 Quoted in the Injil, John 12:38 regarding ‘ISA Ibn Maryam. John 12:37-38 says: But though he [‘ISA] had done so many signs before them, yet they didn’t believe in him, that the word of Shaya the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, “LORD, who has believed our message? To whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?” 
    Also quoted in the Injil, Romans 10:16 saying: But they didn’t all listen to the Injil. For Shaya says, “LORD, who has believed our message?” ↩︎
  3. 53:4 Fulfilled by ‘ISA Ibn Maryam in the Injil, Matthew 8:16-17 which says: When evening came, they brought to him [‘ISA] many possessed with demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Shaya the prophet, saying: “He took up our infirmities, and bore our diseases.” ↩︎
  4. 53:4 God, English translation of elohim (Hebrew) which is related to allah (Arabic) and alaha (Syriac), all of which translate generically as “God,” referring to the one true God. ↩︎
  5. 53:5-6 See the Injil, 1 Peter 2:24 which says regarding ‘ISA Ibn Maryam: who his own self bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness; by whose wounds you were healed. For you were going astray like sheep; but are now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. ↩︎
  6. 53:7-8 Quoted in the Injil, Acts 8:32-35 where an Ethiopian eunuch learns from Philip that this passage is fulfilled by ‘ISA Ibn Maryam: Now the passage of Al-Kitab which he was reading was this, “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before its shearer is silent, So he did not open his mouth. In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away. And who can speak of his descendants? For his life is taken from the earth.” The eunuch answered Philip, “Who is the prophet talking about? About himself, or about someone else?” Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him ‘ISA. ↩︎
  7. 53:9 Quoted in the Injil, 1 Peter 2:21-22: For to this you were called, because AL-MASIH also suffered for us, leaving you an example, that you should follow his steps, who did not sin, “neither was deceit found in his mouth.” ↩︎
  8. 53:12 Quoted and applied by ‘ISA Ibn Maryam to himself in the Injil, Luke 22:37: “For I tell you that this which is written must still be fulfilled in me: ‘He was numbered with the lawbreakers.’ For that which concerns me has an end.” Within 24 hours, ‘ISA was crucified, but not by himself, as Mark 15:28 says: “With him they crucified two robbers; one on his right hand, and one on his left. Al-Kitab was fulfilled, where it says, ‘He was numbered with the lawbreakers.'” ↩︎