Isaiah 53:4-6

4 But he took away all our weakness!

He carried our pain for us.

We thought that he was receiving punishment for his own sins.

We thought that God was causing him to suffer.

5 But it was our sins that caused his wounds.

The bad things that we had done crushed him.

53:5Crush means to push down on something very strongly so that it breaks into pieces.

The punishment that he received

has brought peace to us.

The wounds that he received

have made us well.

6 We have all turned away,

like sheep that take the wrong path.

Each of us has turned to follow our own way.

But the Lord has taken all our sins

and put the punishment on him.