This passage often cited as a prophecy about Jesus Christ. It describes a “suffering servant” who is despised, rejected, and ultimately dies for the sins of creation.   Isaiah 53 English Standard Version 53  Who has believed what he has heard from us?      And to whom has the arm of the  Lord  been revealed? 2  For he grew up before him like a young plant,      and like a root out of dry ground; he had no form or majesty that we should look at him,      and no beauty that we should desire him. 3  He was despised and rejected   by men,      a man of sorrows  and acquainted with  grief; and as one from whom men hide their faces      he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 4  Surely, he has borne our griefs      and carried our sorrows; yet we esteemed him stricken,    ...