¶ He P••ophecyeth euydentely of the passyon of our Sa∣uyour Iesus Chryste.
¶ CAPI. LIII.
BVT who hath * 1.1 geuen credence vnto [unspec A] our preachyng? Or to whom is y• arme of the Lorde knowen? For he dyd growe be∣fore the Lorde, lyke as a braunche / and as a roote in a drye grounde / * 1.2 he hath nether bewtie nor fauoure. Whē we loke vpon him there shalbe no fairenesse / we shall haue no lust vnto hym. * 1.3 He is despysed & abhorred of men, he is suche a man as hath good expe¦ryence of sorowes & infirmyties. We haue rekened hym so vyle / that we hyd our faces [unspec B] from him. Howbeit * 1.4 he only hath taken on hym our infirmytie / and borne our paynes. Yet we dyd iudge hym / as thoughe he were plaged and cast downe of God: * 1.5 where as he (notwithstanding) was wounded for our offences, and smytten for our wyckednesse. For the payne of our punishment was layde vpon hym / and with his strypes are we hea¦led. * 1.6 As for vs we haue gone all astraye (lyke shepe) euery one hath turned his owne waye. But thorow hym the Lorde hath par∣doned [unspec C] all our synnes. He suffered violence and was euell entreated, and dyd not yet o∣pen his mouth. * 1.7 He shalbe led as a shepe to be slayne / yet shal he be as styl as a lambe before the shearer / and not open his mouth. He was had awaye, his cause not herde, and without any iugemente. Whose generacion yet who may nombre? he was cut of from ☜ the grounde of the lyuinge. Whiche punis∣shment dyd go vpon hym, for the transgres∣syon of my people * 1.8 His graue was gy∣uen hym with the condempned, and ☜ with the ryche man at his death. * 1.9 Where as he dyd neuer vyolence / nor vnryght / neyther hathe there bene any disceytfulnesse in his [unspec D] mouthe.
* 1.10 Yet hath it pleased the Lorde to smyte hym with infirmite / that when he had made his soule an offerynge for synne, he myght se longe lastynge sede. And this deuyce of the Lorde shall prospere in his hande. With trauayle and laboure of his soule / shall he optayne greate ryches. * 1.11 My ryghtuous seruaunt shal with wisdome iustifye and de lyuer the multitude / for he shall beare away theyr synnes. Therfore wyl I geue hym the multytude for his parte / and he shal deuyde the stronge spoyle / because he geueth ouer his soule to death / * 1.12 and is reckened among the trangressours / whiche neuertheles hath taken awaye the synnes of the multytude / and made intercessyon for the mysdoers.