BEHOLD MY SERVANT - Isaiah 53:4-7 by Rev. Nolan Astley

Isaiah 53:4-7
Surely he has borne our griefs
            and carried our sorrows;
yet we esteemed him stricken,
          smitten by God, and afflicted.
But he was wounded for our transgressions;
          he was crushed for our iniquities;
upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace,
          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.
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 silent,
          so he opened not his mouth.