Isaiah 53:7

New International Reader's Version

He was treated badly and made to suffer. But he didn’t open his mouth. He was led away like a lamb to be killed. Sheep are silent while their wool is being cut off. In the same way, he didn’t open his mouth.

Cross References

Psalm 38:14

I’m like someone who doesn’t hear. I’m like someone whose mouth can’t make any reply.

Psalm 38:15

Lord, I wait for you to help me. Lord my God, I know you will answer.

Psalm 44:22

But because of you, we face death all day long. We are considered as sheep to be killed.

Isaiah 50:6

I let my enemies beat me on my bare back. I let them pull the hair out of my beard. I didn’t turn my face away when they made fun of me and spit on me.

Isaiah 53:6

All of us are like sheep. We have wandered away from God. All of us have turned to our own way. And the Lord has placed on his servant the sins of all of us.

Jeremiah 11:19

I had been like a gentle lamb led off to be killed. I didn’t realize they had made plans against me. They had said, “Let’s destroy the tree and its fruit. Let’s take away his life. Then his name won’t be remembered anymore.”

Numbers 7:27

Eliab brought one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old. They would be sacrificed as a burnt offering.

Matthew 26:63

But Jesus remained silent. The high priest said to him, “I am commanding you in the name of the living God. May he judge you if you don’t tell the truth. Tell us if you are the Messiah, the Son of God.”

Mark 14:61

But Jesus remained silent. He gave no answer. Again the high priest asked him, “Are you the Messiah? Are you the Son of the Blessed One?”

Mark 15:5

But Jesus still did not reply. Pilate was amazed.

Luke 23:9

Herod asked him many questions, but Jesus gave him no answer.

John 1:29

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him. John said, “Look! The Lamb of God! He takes away the sin of the world!

John 19:9

He went back inside the palace. “Where do you come from?” he asked Jesus. But Jesus did not answer him.

1 Peter 2:23

People shouted at him and made fun of him. But he didn’t do the same thing back to them. When he suffered, he didn’t say he would make them suffer. Instead, he trusted in the God who judges fairly.

Revelation 5:6

Then I saw a Lamb that looked as if he had been put to death. He stood at the center of the area around the throne. The Lamb was surrounded by the four living creatures and the elders. He had seven horns and seven eyes. The eyes stand for the seven spirits of God, which are sent out into all the earth.