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Isaiah 53

God, through the prophet Isaiah, foretold
that His Servant would accomplish this. Jesus
knew the prophecy. He knew He would bear
the chastisement, or suffering, of our peace
(Isaiah 53:5).
The prophecies given through the Old
Testament prophets came as “words.” It is
plain to see in the original Hebrew text where
a “word” begins and where it ends. This word
begins in Isaiah 52:13. The following is from
a translation of the Old Testament made by
Hebrew scholars.
THE HOLY SCRIPTURES
Koren Publishers
Isaiah 52:13, 14; 53:3-6, 10, 11, 12b
Behold, my servant shall prosper, he shall be
exalted and extolled, and be very high. Just as
many were astonished at thee; saying Surely his
visage is too marred to be that of a man, and
his form, to be that of the sons of men:...
He was despised and rejected of men; a man of
pains, and acquainted with sickness: and we hid
as it were our faces from him; he was despised,
and we esteemed him not. But in truth he has
borne our sickness and endured our pains; yet
we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God,
and afflicted. But he was wounded because
of our transgressions, bruised because of our
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