Isaiah 53:6

Isaiah 53:6. All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

The general sin of the race, the special sin of the individual, all gathered, heap upon heap, mountain upon mountain, and laid by God on Christ. We sometimes sing, -

"I lay my sins on Jesus,

The spotless Lamb of God;

He bears them all and frees us From the accursed load.

I bring my guilt to Jesus,

To wash my crimson stains White in his blood most precious,

Till not a spot remains;"

and I will find no fault with that hymn; but the real laying of sin upon Jesus was effected by God himself: "The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all."