Isaiah 53:2-10, The Jesus Prophecy

This Mighty prophecy from the Book of Isaiah,
which you find in the Bibles Old Covenant texts,
was written down about 600-700 years before it
was actually fullfilled. It describes what Jesus
did and experienced on the cross - for our sake.

The translation is modernized in it´s language,
and captures the original message very well.

Isaiah 53:2-10
"He was always close to the Lord. He grew up
like a young plant, like a root growing in dry
ground. There was nothing special or impres-
sive about the way he looked, nothing we could
see that would cause us to like him. People
made fun of him, and even his friends left him.
He was a man who suffered a lot of pain and
sickness. We treated him like someone of no
importance, like someone people will not even
look at but turn away from in disgust.

The fact is, it was our suffering he took on him-
self; he bore our pain. But we thought that God
was punishing him, that God was beating him
for something he did. But he was being punished
for what we did. He was crushed because of our
guilt. He took the punishment we deserved, and
this brought us peace. We were healed because
of his pain.

We had all wandered away like sheep. We had
gone our own way. And yet the Lord put all our
guilt on him. He was treated badly, but he never
protested. He said nothing, like a lamb being led
way to be killed. He was like a sheep that makes
no sound as its wool is being cut off. He never
opened his mouth to defend himself.

He was taken away by force and judged unfairly.
The people of his time did not even notice that he
was killed. But he was put to death for the sins of
his people. He had done no wrong to anyone. He
had never even told a lie. But he was buried
among the wicked. His tomb was with the rich.
But the Lord was pleased with this humble
servant who suffered such pain."