"For He made Him to be sin for us,who knew no sin;
That we might be made the righteousness of God in Him."
Wounded: as one pierced by lance and spike;
Bruised by fist, reed, and the drub of the muted whip;
Chastised by thorns, spittle, mocking, and public humiliation:
The soul is aroused and evoked by the seen here presented,
For this is not simply an innocent man, overwhelmed
In a tidal flood of evil unleashed by the iniquity of others;
The blow that wounds is struck directly, purposefully at Him,
That in Him, the cosmologic rupture of rebellion is mended;
And through Him a way has been opened to heal the breach,
To end transgression, make an end of sin, and to make
Reconciliation for iniquity, and avail it to all who will.
"Who, His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree,
That we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness:
By whose stripes ye are healed."
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