ÒSurely he took up our
infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered
him stricken by God, smitten by him and
afflicted. But he was pierced for our transgressions, he
was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment
that brought us peace was upon him, and by his
wounds we are healed. All we, like sheep, have
gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way;
and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us
all.Ó – Isaiah 53:4-6