1 Who hath believed our report?
and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?
2 For
he shall grow up before him as a tender plant,
and as a root out of a
dry ground: he hath no form nor comeliness;
and when we shall see him,
there is no beauty that we should desire him.
3 He
is despised and rejected of men;
a man of sorrows, and acquainted with
grief:
and we hid as it were our faces from him;
he was despised, and we
esteemed him not.
4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows:
yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
5 But
he was wounded for our transgressions,
he was bruised for our
iniquities:
the chastisement of our peace was upon him;
and with his
stripes we are healed.
6 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.
Isaiah 53:1-6 (King James Bible)
Published on Mar 29, 2013 by OLDTIMECHRISTIANITY
Solitude
Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone;
For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,
But has trouble enough of its own.
Sing, and the hills will answer;
Sigh, it is lost on the air;
The echoes bound to a joyful sound,
But shrink from voicing care.
Rejoice, and men will seek you;
Grieve, and they turn and go;
They want full measure of all your pleasure,
But they do not need your woe.
Be glad, and your friends are many;
Be sad, and you lose them all,—
There are none to decline your nectared wine,
But alone you must drink life’s gall.
Feast, and your halls are crowded;
Fast, and the world goes by.
Succeed and give, and it helps you live,
But no man can help you die.
There is room in the halls of pleasure
For a large and lordly train,
But one by one we must all file on
Through the narrow aisles of pain.
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