700 BC — Jerusalem
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows acquainted with grief. He was pierced for our transgressions, crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before its shearers is silent, so he did not open his mouth.
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