14:1 Yea, even doth not Isaiah say: Who hath
believed our report, and to whom is the arm of the Lord
revealed? |
The following
section is quoted from Isaiah 53, which was not written
until fifty years after Lehi left Jerusalem. See the note
at I Nephi
20:1. 53:1
Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of
the Lord revealed?
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14:2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender
plant, and as a root out of dry ground; he hath no form
nor comeliness; and when we shall see him there is no
beauty that we should desire him. |
53:2 For he
shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root
out of a dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness; and
when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we
should desire him. |
14:3 He is despised and rejected of men; a man of
sorrows, and acquainted with grief; and we hid as it were
our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him
not. |
53:3 He is
despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and
acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our
faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
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14:4 Surely he has borne our griefs, and carried our
sorrows; yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God,
and afflicted. |
53:4 Surely
he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we
did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. |
14:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, he
was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our
peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. |
53:5 But he was
wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for
our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was
upon him; and with his stripes we are healed. |
14:6 All we, like sheep, have gone astray; we have
turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid
on him the iniquities of us all. |
53:6 All we
like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to
his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity
of us all. |
14:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he
opened not his mouth; he is brought as a lamb to the
slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb so
he opened not his mouth. |
53:7 He was
oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his
mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a
sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his
mouth. |
14:8 1He was taken from prison and from judgment; and
who shall declare his generation? For he was cut off out
of the land of the living; for the transgressions of my
people was he stricken. |
53:8 He was
taken from prison and from judgment: and who shall
declare his generation? for he was cut off out of the
land of the living: for the transgression of my people
was he stricken. Topic: KJV
Translation Errors
[1] RSV, NIV: "By oppression and judgment he was
taken away..." 
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14:9 And he made his grave with the wicked, and with
the rich in his death; because he had done no evil,
neither was any deceit in his mouth. |
53:9 And he
made his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his
death; because he had done no violence, neither was
any deceit in his mouth. |
14:10 Yet it pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath
put him to grief; when thou shalt make his soul an
offering for sin he shall see his seed, he shall prolong
his days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in
his hand. |
53:10 Yet it
pleased the Lord to bruise him; he hath put him to
grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin,
he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his
days, and the pleasure of the Lord shall prosper in his
hand. |
14:11 He shall see the travail of his soul, and shall
be satisfied; by his knowledge shall my righteous servant
justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. |
53:11 He
shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be
satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant
justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. |
14:12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the
great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong;
because he hath poured out his soul unto death; and he
was numbered with the transgressors; and he bore the sins
of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. |
53:12
Therefore will I divide him a portion with the
great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong;
because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he
was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin
of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. |