He was oppressedand He was afflicted,Yet He did not openHis mouth;Like a lambthat is ledto slaughter,And like a sheepthat is silentbeforeits shearers,So He did not openHis mouth.
Yes, I am like a manwhodoes not hear,And in whose mouthare noarguments.
For I hopein You, O LORD;You will answer,O Lordmy God.
But for Your sakewe are killedalldaylong; We are consideredas sheepto be slaughtered.
I gaveMy backto those who strike[Me], And My cheeksto those who pluckout the beard;I did not coverMy facefrom humiliationand spitting.
Allof us like sheephave goneastray,Eachof us has turnedto his own way;But the LORDhas caused the iniquityof us allTo fallon Him.
But I was like a gentlelambledto the slaughter;And I did not knowthat they had devisedplotsagainstme, [saying], "Let us destroythe treewith its fruit,And let us cuthim offfrom the landof the living,That his namebe rememberednomore."
oneyoungbull,oneram,onemalelambone yearold,for a burntoffering;
But Jesuskept silent.And the high priestsaidto Him, "I adjureYou by the livingGod,that You tellus whetherYou are the Christ,the Sonof God."
But He kept silentand did not answer.Againthe high priestwas questioningHim, and sayingto Him, "Are You the Christ,the Sonof the Blessed[One]?"
But Jesusmadenofurtheranswer;soPilatewas amazed.
And he questionedHim at somelength;but He answeredhim nothing.
The next dayhe sawJesuscomingto him and said,"Behold,the Lambof Godwho takes awaythe sinof the world!
and he enteredinto the Praetoriumagainand saidto Jesus,"Whereare You from?" But Jesusgavehim noanswer.
and while being reviled,He did not revile in return;while suffering,He utterednothreats,but kept entrusting[Himself] to Him who judgesrighteously;
And I sawbetweenthe throne(with the fourliving creatures)and the eldersa Lambstanding,as ifslain,havingsevenhornsand seveneyes,whichare the sevenSpiritsof God,sentout into allthe earth.
