🗣️ Isaiah 53:6 | Be Mobilized

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Happy Friday, everyone!

It’s the end of the week. God is still good, he still loves you, and all things are becoming new through Him.

If you missed any of this week’s emails, you can read them here: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. 

In today’s email…

• 🗒️ Everything we’ve learned about this verse

• 🗣️ How to share this verse with someone this week

• 📚️ In case you missed it…

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MEMORIZE 🧠 

All __ ____ ____ ____ ____ _____;

we ____ ______—____ ____—to ___ ___ ___;

and ___ ____ ___ laid __ ___

the ________ __ __ all.

Isaiah 53:6

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CONTEXT 📕 

On Monday, we looked at the big picture of Isaiah.

We saw how this prophetic book moves from judgment to hope, from Israel’s rebellion to God’s plan for restoration through a Servant-King. Isaiah isn’t just ancient poetry. This book is a spotlight pointing straight to Jesus.

Tuesday, we zoomed in on Isaiah 53 itself.

We discovered that this chapter is a five-part Servant Song that tells the story of Jesus’ suffering and sacrifice with stunning clarity, written 700 years before His birth. And right in the middle of it is Isaiah 53:6 - the hinge of the entire song.

Our rebellion and His rescue meet here.

On Wednesday, we unpacked four key Hebrew words from the verse —

• Taʿinu (we’ve wandered),

• Paninu (we’ve turned),

• Derek (our way),

• Pagaʿ (laid on Him).

These words revealed just how far we’ve gone… and how far Jesus went to bring us back. Our sin didn’t just drift off. It collided with Christ.

He bore the full weight of it.

On Thursday, we drew the bridge to Jesus.

The Suffering Servant of Isaiah is the Good Shepherd of John 10. Jesus doesn’t just tell us to come home, but walks into the storm to find us.

• The Servant was pierced.

• The Shepherd laid down His life.

Both images point to one truth: Jesus took your place and did it with joy.

So what does this change for you?

APPLY AND RESPOND 🏃‍♂️ 

I hope this week’s emails brought some things into clearer focus for you.

I try to never take for granted the exchange Jesus made:

• My wandering for His wounds.

• My iniquity for His innocence.

• My guilt for His grace.

That’s not just theology.

We are talking about love. The kind of love that takes the lashes to hide the innocent.

Jesus did this for me, though it should have been me willing to do it for Him.

So here’s your next step: Don’t just be moved. Be mobilized.

Who needs to hear this good news?

• A friend who thinks they’re too far gone for God to reach them?

• A sibling still trying to “clean up” before they come to Jesus?

• A co-worker who’s curious?

Here’s a way to start that conversation:

“Hey, I’ve been going through a study on Isaiah 53:6. It’s this prophecy about Jesus written centuries before He was born. It says we’ve all gone our own way, but God laid our sin on Him. That just hit me differently this week, and I wanted to share it with you.”

And if it hit you differently this week…

Don’t bury the truth.

Live like someone who’s been found.

RESOURCES 📚️ 

In case you missed it, here are a few resources to help you dig deeper into the verse and its themes:

• 📚️ The Message of Isaiah by Barry G. Webb (Bible Speaks Today) (link)

• 📚️ Isaiah J. Alec Motyer (Tyndale OT Commentaries, Vol. 20) (link)

• 📚️ Isaiah: The Promise of the Messiah by John MacArthur (link)

• 📚 Isaiah: A Commentary by Brevard S. Childs (link)

• 💻️ Article: Isaiah and the Suffering Servant King by the Bible Project (link)

• 🎙️ Isaiah’s Anointed One podcast (link)

• 🎵 Isaiah 53:6 by Verses (Spotify | Apple)

• 🎵 Isaiah Kids’ Song (Baa Baa Doo Baa Baa) (Spotify | Apple)

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ANSWER KEY ✅ 

All we like sheep have gone astray;

we have turned—every one—to his own way;

and the Lord has laid on him

the iniquity of us all.

Isaiah 53:6