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Isaiah 52:13-53:12

Wounded for Our Transgressions

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Wounded for Our Transgressions

Isaiah 52:13-53:12

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Isaiah 52:13-53:12

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This song belongs to the Isaiah collection. One recording is available to play here, with the complete lyrics below.

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[Lament I] No banner announced him, no beauty compelled, A root in dry ground where the proud never knelt. We turned from his sorrow and named him accursed, Not seeing our burden was laid on him first. [Refrain] Wounded for our transgressions, Bruised beneath the weight we made. [Lament II] The peace we could not purchase Came through the stripes he bore. All we like sheep broke every road, The silent Lamb carried the wandering load. [Hope Turn] Cut from the living, assigned to a grave, Though deceit never lived in the words that he gave. He sees after travail; the many stand free, The Servant bears sin and intercedes for the guilty. [Final Chorus] Wounded for our transgressions, Bruised beneath the weight we made. He sees after travail; the many stand free, The Servant bears sin and intercedes for the guilty.

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Isaiah 52: Zion rises, the herald arrives, and the servant is revealed

The Book of Isaiah moves Jerusalem from dust, chains, and captivity into strength, beautiful garments, and a protected departure. Redemption is explicitly separated from payment to the captor: the people were sold for nothing and will be released without money. That restoration becomes public news when a herald crosses the mountains announcing peace, salvation, and the reign of God. The message spreads from one set of feet to singing watchmen, then to the city’s waste places and finally to the ends of the earth. The return is not a panicked escape. The LORD goes ahead and also serves as the rear guard. Then the chapter makes a startling transition without actually changing subjects: the servant is announced as exalted and very high, yet his appearance is so marred that nations are astonished. Chapter 53 of the Book of Isaiah will explain how humiliation and exaltation belong to one work.

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Isaiah 53: The rejected servant bears the guilt of the many

Chapter 53 of the Book of Isaiah overturns the first human verdict on the servant. He appears unimpressive, is despised, rejected, wounded, oppressed, silenced, cut off from the living, and buried. Those facts are not denied. What changes is their explanation. The speakers confess that they had treated his affliction as evidence against him, only to discover that the griefs, transgressions, and iniquities in view were their own. The servant’s suffering is therefore connected to peace, healing, and the bearing of guilt for others. His innocence is stated directly: no violence, no deceit. Even the grave does not close the account. His life becomes an offering for sin, yet he sees seed, prolongs days, and witnesses the result of his travail. The LORD finally names him “my righteous servant,” joins his death to the justification of many, and explains his exaltation through the very self-giving that had made him look defeated.

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