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10 But it was the Lord who chose to hurt his servant.
    He caused his servant to receive much pain.
His servant died to remove people's guilt.
As a result, God will bless him with many descendants,
    and he will have a long life.
What the Lord wants will happen,
    because of what his servant does.
11 When God's servant sees the result of his pain,
    he will understand what he has done.
    And he will be happy.

The Lord says,

‘My righteous servant will cause many people to be “not guilty”,
    because he will take the punishment for all their sins.
12 So I will put him in a place of honour,
    as a great person deserves.
He will share the good things that powerful men receive
    when they have won a battle.
He deserves this, because he agreed to die as a sacrifice.
People thought that he himself was a sinner
    when he took away the sins of many people.
He prayed that God would forgive sinners.’

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