The
53
d
Chapter
of
ISAIAH
.
1
WHO
hath
believ'd
the
Tidings
?
Who
?
Or
felt
the
Joys
our
Words
impart
?
Gladly
confess'd
our
Record
true
,
And
found
the
Saviour
in
his
Heart
?
Planted
in
Nature's
barren
Ground
,
And
cherish'd
by
JEHOVAH's
Care
,
There
shall
th'
Immortal
Seed
be
found
,
The
Root
Divine
shall
flourish
there
!
2
See
the
Desire
of
Nations
comes
;
Nor
outward
Pomp
bespeaks
Him
near
,
A
Veil
of
Flesh
the
GOD
assumes
,
A
Servant's
Form
he
stoops
to
wear
;
He
lays
his
every
Glory
by
;
Ignobly
low
,
obscurely
mean
,
Of
Beauty
void
,
in
Reason's
Eye
,
The
Source
of
Loveliness
is
seen
.
3
Rejected
and
despis'd
of
Men
,
A
Man
of
Griefs
,
inur'd
to
Woe
;
His
only
Intimate
is
Pain
,
And
Grief
is
all
his
Life
below
.
We
saw
,
and
from
the
irksome
Sight
Disdainfully
our
Faces
turn'd
;
Hell
follow'd
Him
with
fierce
Despight
,
And
Earth
the
humble
Object
scorn'd
.
4
Surely
for
Us
He
humbled
was
,
And
griev'd
with
Sorrows
not
his
own
:
Of
all
his
Woes
were
We
the
Cause
,
We
fill'd
his
Soul
with
Pangs
unknown
.
Yet
Him
th'
Offender
we
esteem'd
,
Stricken
by
Heaven's
vindictive
Rod
,
Afflicted
for
Himself
we
deem'd
,
And
punish'd
by
an
Angry
GOD
.
5
But
O
!
with
our
Transgressions
stain'd
,
For
our
Offence
He
wounded
was
;
Ours
were
the
Sins
that
bruis'd
and
pain'd
And
scourg'd
,
and
nail'd
Him
to
the
Cross
.
The
Chastisement
that
bought
our
Peace
,
To
Sinners
due
,
on
him
was
laid
:
Conscience
be
still
!
thy
Terrors
cease
!
The
Debt's
discharg'd
,
the
Ransom's
paid
.
6
What
tho'
we
All
as
wandring
Sheep
Have
left
our
GOD
,
and
lov'd
to
stray
,
Refus'd
his
mild
Commands
to
keep
,
And
madly
urg'd
the
downward
Way
;
Father
,
on
Him
thy
Bolt
did
fall
,
The
Mortal
Law
thy
Son
fulfill'd
,
Thou
laid'st
on
Him
the
Guilt
of
All
,
And
by
his
Stripes
we
All
are
heal'd
.
7
Accus'd
his
Mouth
He
open'd
not
,
He
answer'd
not
by
Wrongs
opprest
;
Pure
tho'
He
was
from
sinful
Spot
What
Guilt
He
Silently
confest
!
Meek
as
a
Lamb
to
Slaughter
led
,
A
Sheep
before
his
Shearers
dumb
To
suffer
in
the
Sinner's
stead
Behold
the
Spotless
Victim
come
!
8
Who
could
his
Heavenly
Birth
declare
When
bound
by
Man
he
silent
stood
,
When
Worms
arraign'd
Him
at
their
Bar
,
And
doom'd
to
Death
th'
Eternal
GOD
!
Patient
the
Sufferings
to
sustain
The
Vengeance
to
Transgressors
due
,
Guiltless
He
groan'd
and
died
for
Man
:
Sinners
rejoice
,
He
died
for
you
!
9
For
your
imputed
Guilt
he
bled
,
Made
Sin
a
sinful
World
to
save
;
Meekly
he
sunk
among
the
Dead
:
The
Rich
supplied
an
Honour'd
Grave
?
For
O
!
devoid
of
Sin
,
and
free
From
Actual
or
Intail'd
Offence
,
No
Sinner
in
Himself
was
He
,
But
pure
and
perfect
Innocence
.
10
Yet
Him
th'
Almighty
Father's
Will
,
With
bruising
Chastisements
pursu'd
,
Doom'd
Him
the
Weight
of
Sin
to
feel
,
And
sternly
just
requir'd
his
Blood
.
But
lo
!
the
Mortal
Debt
is
paid
,
The
costly
Sacrifice
is
o'er
,
His
Soul
for
Sin
an
Offering
made
Revives
,
and
He
shall
die
no
more
.
11
His
numerous
Seed
He
now
shall
see
,
Scatter'd
thro'
all
the
Earth
abroad
,
Blest
with
His
Immortality
,
Begot
by
Him
,
and
born
of
GOD
.
Head
to
his
Church
o'er
all
below
Long
shall
He
here
his
Sons
sustain
;
Their
bounding
Hearts
his
Power
shall
know
,
And
bless
the
lov'd
Messiah's
Reign
.
12
'Twixt
GOD
and
Them
He
still
shall
stand
The
Children
whom
his
Sire
hath
given
,
Their
Cause
shall
prosper
in
his
Hand
While
RIGHTEOUSNESS
looks
down
from
Heaven
.
While
pleas'd
He
counts
the
Ransom'd
Race
.
And
calls
and
draws
them
from
above
;
The
Travail
of
his
Soul
surveys
,
And
rests
in
his
Redeeming
Love
.
13
Tis
done
!
my
Justice
asks
no
more
,
The
Satisfaction's
fully
made
:
Their
Sins
He
in
his
Body
bore
;
Their
Surety
all
the
Debt
has
paid
.
My
Righteous
Servant
and
my
Son
Shall
each
Believing
Sinner
clear
,
And
All
,
who
stoop
t'abjure
their
own
,
Shall
in
His
Righteousness
appear
.
14
Them
shall
He
claim
His
just
Desert
,
Them
His
Inheritance
receive
,
And
many
a
contrite
humble
Heart
Will
I
for
his
Possession
give
.
Satan
He
thence
shall
chase
away
,
Assert
his
Right
,
his
Foes
o'ercome
;
Stronger
than
Hell
,
retrieve
the
Prey
,
And
bear
the
Spoil
triumphant
Home
.
15
For
charg'd
with
all
their
Guilt
he
stood
,
Sinners
from
Suffering
to
redeem
,
For
Them
He
pour'd
out
all
his
Blood
,
Their
Substitute
,
He
died
for
Them
.
He
died
;
and
rose
his
Death
to
plead
,
To
testify
Their
Sins
forgiven
—
And
still
I
hear
Him
interceed
,
And
still
He
makes
Their
Claim
to
Heaven
!