''Who has believed our report? To whom is the arm of ADONAI revealed? For He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, like a root out of dry ground. He had no form or majesty that we should look at Him, nor beauty that we should desire Him. He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief, One from whom people hide their faces. He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our pains. Yet we esteemed Him stricken, struck by God, and afflicted. But He was pierced because of our transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities. The chastisement for our shalom was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed. We all like sheep have gone astray. Each of us turned to his own way. So ADONAI has laid on Him the iniquity of us all. He was oppressed and He was afflicted yet He did not open His mouth. Like a lamb led to the slaughter, like a sheep before its shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.. Because of oppression and judgement He was taken away. As for His generation, who considered? For He was cut off from the land of the living, for the transgression of my people - the stroke was theirs. His grave was given with the wicked, and by a rich man in His death, though He had done no violence, nor was there any deceit in His mouth. Yet it pleased ADONAI to bruise Him. He caused Him to suffer. If He makes His soul a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the will of ADONAI will succeed by His hand. As a result of the anguish of His soul He will see it and be satisfied by His knowledge. The Righteous One, My Servant will make many righteous and He will bear their iniquities. Therefore I will give Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoil with the mighty - because He poured out His soul to death, and was counted with transgressors. For He bore the sin of many, and interceded for the transgressors.
Isaiah 53
''It was a night of watching for ADONAI to bring them out of the land of Egypt. This same night is a night a vigil for ADONAI, for all Bnei-Yisrael throughout their generations.''
Exodus 12:42
''I have been crucified with Messiah; and it is no longer I who live, but Messiah lives in me. And the life I now live in the body, I live by trusting in Ben-Elohim - Who loved me and gave Himself up for me.''
Galatians 2:20
''But don't forget this one thing, loved ones, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day. The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise, as some consider slowness. Rather, He is being patient toward you - not wanting anyone to perish, but for all to come to repentance.''
2 Peter 3:8-9
''We have come to know love by this - Yeshua laid down His life for us, and we ought also to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.''
1 John 3:16
''You were bought with a price; do not become slaves of men.''
1 Corinthians 7:23
''I have blotted out your transgressions like a thick cloud and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.''
Isaiah 44:22
''Wash and make yourselves clean. Put away the evil of you deed from before My eyes. Cease to do evil. Learn to do good, seek justice, relieve the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow.''
Isaiah 1:16-17
''Though your sins be like scarlet, they will be as white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they will become like wool.''
Isaiah 1:18
''Your iniquity is taken away, and your sins atoned for.''
Isaiah 6:7
''Remember these things, Jacob, and Israel, for you are My servant. I formed you, you are My servant. Israel, you will not be forgotten by Me! I have blotted out your transgressions like thick cloud and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you. Sing, O heavens, for ADONAI has done it! Shout, oh depths of the earth! Break forth into singing, mountains, forest, and every tree in it! For ADONAI has redeemed Jacob and will be glorified through Israel.''
Isaiah 44:21-23
''Is My hand too short to redeem? Or have I no power to deliver?''
Isaiah 50:2
''Now the ransomed of ADONAI will return, and come to Zion with singing. Everlasting joy will be upon their heads. They will obtain gladness and joy, and sorrow and sighing will flee away. 'I, I am the One who comforts you. Who are you that your should fear man, who dies, of a son of man, who is given up like grass?'''
Isaiah 51:11-12
''Behold, ADONAI's hand is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.''
Isaiah 59:1
I was planning on writing a post, but ran out of time - I hope and pray that these verses will bless you all as we enter into Passover! May you all have a blessed feast and uplifting Seder, and may you be released from whatever is holding you back from a full relationship in the Lord! We're on our way to freedom!
CHAG SAMEACH!
Beautiful verses, challenging but encouraging! Always a good reminder to draw closer to Him and stay on the narrow path. Thank you, and have a blessed Passover!
Yakira :)