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Isaiah 53:5 Bible Verse: Text, Meaning, and Context

Isaiah 53:5 is a key verse in the servant song of Isaiah. It describes suffering that is not random or pointless, but connected to the sins of others. Many readers turn here to understand how God brings peace and healing through sacrifice.

What happens in Isaiah 53:5?

This verse says the servant suffers on behalf of others. He is pierced and crushed because of human wrongdoing, and his suffering brings peace where there was guilt and conflict. The verse also links his wounds with healing, showing that his pain has redemptive purpose. In the wider passage, this suffering is not presented as failure, but as part of God's saving work for many.

Isaiah 53 belongs to the servant songs in Isaiah, a section that looks ahead to a servant who will suffer, bear burdens, and accomplish God's purpose. In the surrounding verses, the servant is rejected, misunderstood, and afflicted, yet his suffering is tied to the needs of others and the forgiveness of many.

  • SubstitutionThe servant suffers for the sins and failures of others rather than for his own.
  • PeaceHis punishment is linked to reconciliation and peace before God.
  • HealingThe verse connects his wounds with restoration and wholeness.
  • What does this verse show about why the servant suffers?
  • How do peace and healing come through his wounds?
  • What does the surrounding passage add to the meaning of this verse?

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Isaiah 53

2He grew up before Him like a tender shoot,

and like a root out of dry ground.

He had no stately form or majesty to attract us,

no beauty that we should desire Him.

3He was despised and rejected by men,

a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief.

Like one from whom men hide their faces,

He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.

4Surely He took on our infirmities

and carried our sorrows;

yet we considered Him stricken by God,

struck down and afflicted.

5But He was pierced for our transgressions,

He was crushed for our iniquities;

the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him,

and by His stripes we are healed.

6We all like sheep have gone astray,

each one has turned to his own way;

and the LORD has laid upon Him

the iniquity of us all.

7He was oppressed and afflicted,

yet He did not open His mouth.

He was led like a lamb to the slaughter,

and as a sheep before her shearers is silent,

so He did not open His mouth.

8By oppression and judgment He was taken away,

and who can recount His descendants?

For He was cut off from the land of the living;

He was stricken for the transgression of My people.

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