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Mosiah — Chapter 14

Abinadi continues to talk to King Noah and his priests — see Isaiah 53.

¹ Yes, doesn’t Isaiah say: “Who has believed our revelation? To whom has the Lord shown his power?

² “He will grow up before him like a young plant or a vine in dry ground. He will not be very good-looking, so when we see him, we will not want him.ancestors, so they would be wise men, and able to understand what the Lord had told the prophets of old.

³ “People hate him and send him away. He is a sad man who knows about sorrow. We would not look at him. He was hated, and we did not know he was important.

⁴ “He carried our troubles and our sadness, but we thought it was God who was punishing him.

⁵ “But he was wounded for our sins and wickedness. He was punished for our peace, and his pains will heal us.

⁶ “We have all gotten lost like sheep. We have done whatever we wanted to do, and the Lord punished him for our wickedness.

⁷ “He was hurt and punished, but he did not say anything, just as a lamb does not say anything before it is killed, and just as a sheep does not say anything when its wool is cut off.

⁸ “He was taken to prison and judged. Who will tell his people that he was punished and killed for their sins?

⁹ “He was killed along with wicked men, and was laid in a rich man’s grave, even though he had not done anything wrong, and had not lied.

¹⁰ “‘But it was God’s plan that he would be hurt, and be sad, and die, so that when he had sacrificed himself for people’s sins, he would see his children and live forever, and God’s work would be done.

¹¹ “‘He will see the work of his soul, and he will be happy knowing that his righteousness will save many, because he paid for their sins.

¹² “‘So I will give him the reward great ones receive — because he gave his soul over to death, and because people thought he was wicked. He paid for people’s sins and asked for mercy for sinners.”