Behold, your King was coming to you.
He is righteous and having salvation,
Lowly and riding on the foal of a donkey.
He is a holy place;
A stone that causes people to stumble
And a rock that makes them fall.
A bruised soul He will not break,
And a faintly burning heart He will not quench;
He will faithfully bring forth justice.
He spoke peace to the nations;
His dominion will be to the ends of the earth.
The obedience of the nations shall be His.
He is the chosen, in whom God delights.
His Spirit is put upon Him.
The Spirit of the Lord rests upon Him.
The Spirit of wisdom and understanding,
The Spirit of counsel and might,
The Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
His delight is in the fear of the Lord.
He will not judge by what His eyes see,
Or decide disputes by what His ears hear.
From Bethlehem, Ephrathah, He came forth.
A virgin conceived and gave birth to a Son.
Immanuel, the God who is with us.
To us a Child was born and a Son was given;
The government will be upon His shoulder,
For His peace there will be no end.
His name will be called Wonderful Counselor,
He is a Mighty God and an Everlasting Father,
He is the Prince of Peace.
Yet, He was despised and rejected by men,
A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief;
And we esteemed Him not.
He has borne our griefs
And He carried our sorrows.
Upon Him was our chastisement.
Yet, we esteemed Him stricken,
Smitten by God, and afflicted.
We were hiding our faces from Him.
But He was pierced for our transgressions;
He was crushed for our iniquities;
And with His wounds we were healed.
He was oppressed, and He was afflicted,
Yet, He opened not His mouth;
Like a lamb that is led to the slaughter.
They made His grave with the wicked
And with a rich man in His death,
Although He had done no violence.
He bore the sin of many,
And interceded for His transgressors.
Yet, it was the will of the Lord to crush him.
This is of first importance:
Being raised from the dead He dies no more;
Death has no more dominion over him.
For in that He died, He died unto sin once:
But in that He lives, He lives unto God.
He is the resurrection and the life.
Truly, this man is the Son of God.
Anyone who believes in Him will live
And know Him and the power of His resurrection.