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Isaiah 53:6
We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The speaker is the collective "we" of Israel, identifying their own waywardness before stating what the LORD did to the servant. This sits between the servant's suffering (v. 5) and his silence under oppression (v. 7).
The words — הִפְגִּ֣יעַ (hif.Gi.a') is Hiphil of פגע, literally "he caused to strike/touch," more forceful than the BSB's "laid upon." The verb carries the sense of a deliberate, forceful impact directed at the servant.
The thread — 1 Peter 2:25 quotes the "sheep going astray" language and applies it to Gentile believers who have returned to the Shepherd; Psalm 119:176 uses the same lost-sheep image for individual straying.
Why it lands — The verse places the reader inside the "we" who turned to their own way, then states that the transfer of iniquity was the LORD's act, not the servant's self-offering. It asks the reader to own the straying without softening it and to see the bearing of sin as something done to the servant by God.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 1 Peter 2:25 For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
- 1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
- Psalms 119:176 I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
- Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
- Romans 4:25 He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.
- Romans 3:10 As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one.
- James 5:20 consider this: Whoever turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and cover over a multitude of sins.
- Matthew 18:12 What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?
- Luke 15:3 Then Jesus told them this parable:
- Isaiah 53:10 Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.