A reading From Isaiah on Good Friday of the Lord's Passion
Isaiah. 52:13-15
13 See, my servant shall prosper, he
shall be raised high and greatly exalted.
14 Even as many were amazed at him so
marred were his features, beyond that of mortals his appearance, beyond that of
human beings.
15 So shall
he startle many nations, kings shall stand speechless; For those who have not
been told shall see, those who have not heard shall ponder it.
Isaiah. 53:1-12
1 Who would believe what we have heard? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
2 He grew up like a sapling before him, like
a shoot from the parched earth; He had no majestic bearing to catch our eye, no
beauty to draw us to him.
3 He was spurned and avoided by men, a
man of suffering, knowing pain, Like one from whom you turn your face, spurned,
and we held him in no esteem.
4 Yet it was our pain that he bore, our
sufferings he endured. We thought of him as stricken, struck down by God and
afflicted,
5 But he was pierced for our sins, crushed
for our iniquity. He bore the punishment that makes us whole, by his wounds we
were healed.
6We had all gone astray like sheep, all
following our own way; But the Lord laid upon him the guilt of us all.
7 Though harshly treated, he submitted and
did not open his mouth; Like a lamb led to slaughter or a sheep silent before
shearers, he did not open his mouth.
8 Seized and condemned, he was taken
away. Who would have thought any more of his destiny? For he was cut off from
the land of the living, struck for the sins of his people.
9 He was given a grave among the wicked, a
burial place with evildoers, Though he had done no wrong, nor was deceit found
in his mouth.
10 But it was the Lord’s will to crush
him with pain. By making his life as a reparation offering, he shall see his
offspring, shall lengthen his days, and the Lord’s will shall be accomplished
through him.
11 Because of his anguish he shall see
the light; because of his knowledge he shall be content; My servant, the just
one, shall justify the many, their iniquity he shall bear.
12 Therefore
I will give him his portion among the many, and he shall divide the spoils with
the mighty, Because he surrendered himself to death, was counted among the
transgressors, Bore the sins of many, and interceded for the transgressors.
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