# Is “Like a lamb to the slaughter” in the Bible?

> Yes. “Like a lamb to the slaughter” comes from the Bible, from Isaiah 53:7.

Source: https://www.lumin.faith/is-it-in-the-bible/like-a-lamb-to-the-slaughter
By Andrew Kittridge · November 9, 2026

The prophet Isaiah says it about the suffering servant.

## The verse

> He was treated harshly, and he submitted, yet he did not open his mouth. Like a lamb brought to be slaughtered, like a ewe that falls silent in front of her shearers, he did not open his mouth.
>
> — [Isaiah 53:7](https://www.lumin.faith/read/isaiah/53#7) (Lumin Translation)

The saying is not word for word. It shortens or reshapes the verse.

## What it means there

The servant suffers without a word of protest. The New Testament reads the passage as a picture of Jesus (Acts 8:32-35).

## Also in the Bible

> But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter. I did not know that they had devised schemes against me, saying, “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, so that his name will be remembered no more.”
>
> — [Jeremiah 11:19](https://www.lumin.faith/read/jeremiah/11#19) (Lumin Translation)

> This was the passage of Scripture he was reading: “Like a sheep he was led to the slaughter, and like a lamb silent before its shearer, so he does not open his mouth.
>
> — [Acts 8:32](https://www.lumin.faith/read/acts/8#32) (Lumin Translation)

## Common questions

### Is “Like a lamb to the slaughter” in the Bible?

Yes. “Like a lamb to the slaughter” comes from the Bible, from Isaiah 53:7. The saying is not word for word. It shortens or reshapes the verse. The prophet Isaiah says it about the suffering servant.

### Where in the Bible is “Like a lamb to the slaughter”?

In Isaiah 53:7, and also Jeremiah 11:19 and Acts 8:32. In the Lumin Translation, Isaiah 53:7 reads: “He was treated harshly, and he submitted, yet he did not open his mouth. Like a lamb brought to be slaughtered, like a ewe that falls silent in front of her shearers, he did not open his mouth.”

### Who said “Like a lamb to the slaughter”?

The prophet Isaiah says it about the suffering servant.

### What does “Like a lamb to the slaughter” mean in the Bible?

The servant suffers without a word of protest. The New Testament reads the passage as a picture of Jesus (Acts 8:32-35).

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