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Surely he has borne our griefs[a]
    and carried our sorrows;[b]
yet we esteemed him stricken,
    smitten by God, and afflicted.
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.
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.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 53:4 Or sicknesses
  2. Isaiah 53:4 Or pains
  3. 53.4-6 The doctrine of vicarious atonement is the unique characteristic of this prophecy. We find it in the New Testament in all its fulness.

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