Isaiah 53:4

Easy To Read Version

But he took our troubles and made them his. He bore our pain, and we thought God was punishing him. We thought God beat him \{for something he did\}.

Cross References

Psalm 69:26

Punish them, and they will run away.\par Then they really will have pains\par and wounds to talk about.\par

Psalm 69:27

Punish them for the bad things they did.\par Don’t show them how good you can be.\par

Psalm 69:8

My brothers treat me like a stranger.\par My mother’s sons treat me like a foreigner.\par

Isaiah 53:10

The Lord decided to crush him. The Lord decided that he must suffer, so the Servant gave himself to be the one to die. But he will live a new life for a long, long time. He will see his people. He will complete the things the Lord wants him to do.

Leviticus 16:10

But the goat chosen by the lot for Azazel [272] must be brought alive before the Lord. And then this goat will be sent out to Azazel in the desert. This is to make the people pure. [273]

Zechariah 13:7

The Lord All-Powerful says, “Sword, hit the shepherd! Hit my friend! Hit the shepherd and the sheep will run away. And I will punish those little ones.

Matthew 26:37

Jesus told Peter and the two sons of Zebedee to come with him. Then Jesus began to be very sad and troubled.

Matthew 8:17

Jesus did these things to make happen what Isaiah the prophet {\cf2\super [95]} said:

John 19:7

The Jewish leaders answered, “We have a law that says he must die, because he said that he is the Son of God.”

Romans 4:25

Jesus was given to die for our sins. And he was raised from death to make us right with God.

Galatians 3:13

The law put a curse on us. But Christ took away that curse. He changed places with us. Christ put himself under that curse. The Scriptures say, “When a person’s body is put (hung) on a tree, {\cf2\super [32]} that person is under a curse.” {\cf2\super [33]}

Hebrews 9:28

So Christ was offered as a sacrifice one time to take away the sins of many people. And Christ will come a second time, but not for people’s sin. Christ will come the second time to bring salvation to those people who are waiting for him.

1 Peter 2:24

Christ carried our sins in his body on the cross. He did this so that we would stop living for sin and live for what is right. By his (Christ’s) wounds you were healed.

1 Peter 3:18

Christ himself died for you. And that one death paid for your sins. He was not guilty, but he died for people who are guilty. He did this to bring you all to God. His body was killed, but he was made alive in the spirit.

1 John 2:2

Jesus is the way our sins are taken away. And Jesus is the way that all people can have their sins taken away, too.