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For he grew up before him like a young plant ,
and like a root out of dry ground ;
he had no form or comeliness that we should look at him ,
and no beauty that we should desire him .
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He was despised and rejected by men ;
a man of sorrows ,
and acquainted with grief ;
and as one from whom men hide their faces he was despised ,
and we esteemed him not .
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Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows ;
yet we esteemed him stricken ,
smitten by God ,
and afflicted .
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But he was wounded for our transgressions ,
he was bruised for our iniquities ;
upon him was the chastisement that made us whole ,
and with his stripes we are healed .
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All we like sheep have gone astray ;
we have turned every one to his own way ;
and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all .
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He was oppressed ,
and he was afflicted ,
yet he opened not his mouth ;
like a lamb that is led to the slaughter ,
and like a sheep that before its shearers is dumb ,
so he opened not his mouth .
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By oppression and judgment he was taken away ;
and as for his generation ,
who considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living ,
stricken for the transgression of my people ?
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And they made his grave with the wicked and with a rich man in his death ,
although he had done no violence ,
and there was no deceit in his mouth .
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Yet it was the will of the LORD to bruise him ;
he has put him to grief ;
when he makes himself an offering for sin ,
he shall see his offspring ,
he shall prolong his days ;
the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand ;