nkjv Isaiah:53-55 SEEK
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Who has believed our report ?
And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed ?
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For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant ,
And as a root out of dry ground .
He has no form or comeliness ;
And when we see Him ,
There is no beauty that we should desire Him .
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He is despised and rejected by men ,
A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief .
And we hid ,
as it were ,
our faces from Him ;
He was despised ,
and we did not esteem Him .
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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 ;
The chastisement for our peace was upon Him ,
And by 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 ;
He was led as a lamb to the slaughter ,
And as a sheep before its shearers is silent ,
So He opened not His mouth .
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He was taken from prison and from judgment ,
And who will declare His generation ?
For He was cut off from the land of the living ;
For the transgressions of My people He was stricken .
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And they made His grave with the wicked --
But with the rich at His death ,
Because He had done no violence ,
Nor was any deceit in His mouth .
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Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise Him ;
He has put Him to grief .
When You make His soul an offering for sin ,
He shall see His seed ,
He shall prolong His days ,
And the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in His hand .
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He shall see the labor of His soul ,
and be satisfied .
By His knowledge My righteous Servant shall justify many ,
For He shall bear their iniquities .
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Therefore I will divide Him a portion with the great ,
And He shall divide the spoil with the strong ,
Because He poured out His soul unto death ,
And He was numbered with the transgressors ,
And He bore the sin of many ,
And made intercession for the transgressors .
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Sing ,
O barren ,
You who have not borne !
Break forth into singing ,
and cry aloud ,
You who have not labored with child !
For more are the children of the desolate Than the children of the married woman ,"
says the LORD .
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Enlarge the place of your tent ,
And let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings ;
Do not spare ;
Lengthen your cords ,
And strengthen your stakes .
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For you shall expand to the right and to the left ,
And your descendants will inherit the nations ,
And make the desolate cities inhabited .
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Do not fear ,
for you will not be ashamed ;
Neither be disgraced ,
for you will not be put to shame ;
For you will forget the shame of your youth ,
And will not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore .
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For your Maker is your husband ,
The LORD of hosts is His name ;
And your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel ;
He is called the God of the whole earth .
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For the LORD has called you Like a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit ,
Like a youthful wife when you were refused ,"
Says your God .
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For a mere moment I have forsaken you ,
But with great mercies I will gather you .
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With a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment ;
But with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you ,"
Says the LORD ,
your Redeemer .
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For this is like the waters of Noah to Me ;
For as I have sworn That the waters of Noah would no longer cover the earth ,
So have I sworn That I would not be angry with you ,
nor rebuke you .
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For the mountains shall depart And the hills be removed ,
But My kindness shall not depart from you ,
Nor shall My covenant of peace be removed ,"
Says the LORD ,
who has mercy on you .
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O you afflicted one ,
Tossed with tempest ,
and not comforted ,
Behold ,
I will lay your stones with colorful gems ,
And lay your foundations with sapphires .
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I will make your pinnacles of rubies ,
Your gates of crystal ,
And all your walls of precious stones .
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All your children shall be taught by the LORD ,
And great shall be the peace of your children .
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In righteousness you shall be established ;
You shall be far from oppression ,
for you shall not fear ;
And from terror ,
for it shall not come near you .
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Indeed they shall surely assemble ,
but not because of Me .
Whoever assembles against you shall fall for your sake .
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Behold ,
I have created the blacksmith Who blows the coals in the fire ,
Who brings forth an instrument for his work ;
And I have created the spoiler to destroy .
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No weapon formed against you shall prosper ,
And every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn .
This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD ,
And their righteousness is from Me ,"
Says the LORD .
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Ho !
Everyone who thirsts ,
Come to the waters ;
And you who have no money ,
Come ,
buy and eat .
Yes ,
come ,
buy wine and milk Without money and without price .
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Why do you spend money for what is not bread ,
And your wages for what does not satisfy ?
Listen carefully to Me ,
and eat what is good ,
And let your soul delight itself in abundance .
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Incline your ear ,
and come to Me .
Hear ,
and your soul shall live ;
And I will make an everlasting covenant with you --
The sure mercies of David .
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Indeed I have given him as a witness to the people ,
A leader and commander for the people .
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Surely you shall call a nation you do not know ,
And nations who do not know you shall run to you ,
Because of the LORD your God ,
And the Holy One of Israel ;
For He has glorified you ."
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Seek the LORD while He may be found ,
Call upon Him while He is near .
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Let the wicked forsake his way ,
And the unrighteous man his thoughts ;
Let him return to the LORD ,
And He will have mercy on him ;
And to our God ,
For He will abundantly pardon .
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For My thoughts are not your thoughts ,
Nor are your ways My ways ,"
says the LORD .
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For as the heavens are higher than the earth ,
So are My ways higher than your ways ,
And My thoughts than your thoughts .
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For as the rain comes down ,
and the snow from heaven ,
And do not return there ,
But water the earth ,
And make it bring forth and bud ,
That it may give seed to the sower And bread to the eater ,
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So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth ;
It shall not return to Me void ,
But it shall accomplish what I please ,
And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it .
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For you shall go out with joy ,
And be led out with peace ;
The mountains and the hills Shall break forth into singing before you ,
And all the trees of the field shall clap their hands .
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Instead of the thorn shall come up the cypress tree ,
And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree ;
And it shall be to the LORD for a name ,
For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off ."
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Thus says the LORD : "
Keep justice ,
and do righteousness ,
For My salvation is about to come ,
And My righteousness to be revealed .