He Felt Our Pain

Isaiah 53:1-5

New Century Version (NCV)

    Who would have believed what we heard?
       Who saw the Lord's power in this?
 ² He grew up like a small plant before the Lord,
       like a root growing in a dry land.
    He had no special beauty or form to make us notice him;
       there was nothing in his appearance to make us desire him.
 ³ He was hated and rejected by people.
       He had much pain and suffering.
    People would not even look at him.
       He was hated, and we didn't even notice him.

 ⁴ But he took our suffering on him
       and felt our pain for us.
    We saw his suffering
       and thought God was punishing him.
 ⁵ But he was wounded for the wrong we did;
       he was crushed for the evil we did.
    The punishment, which made us well, was given to him,
       and we are healed because of his wounds.