Isaiah 50
50
The Lord, the Faithful Husband
1Yahweh asks,
“Have I abandoned you?
Can you show me your mother’s divorce papers
that prove I sent her away?
Do you think I sold you into slavery to pay off a debt?
No, you sold yourselves into slavery because of your sins,
and because of your rebellion I sent your mother away! # 50:1 Or “divorced your mother [Israel].”
2When I came to you, why was no one there?
When I called, why did no one answer?
Am I powerless # 50:2 Or “Is my arm too short?” to rescue you or too weak to deliver you?
With only a threat I can evaporate the sea
and dry up the rivers as a desert,
leaving the fish to rot and die of thirst.
3I dress the sky with darkness and shroud it with sackcloth.”
The Servant, Our Teacher
4The Lord Yahweh has equipped me
with the anointed, skillful tongue of a teacher # 50:4 See Ps. 45:1. —
to know how to speak a timely word to the weary.
Morning by morning, he awakens my heart.
He opens my ears # 50:4 Or “He arouses for me an ear.” to hear his voice, to be trained to teach. # 50:4 Seven times Jesus stated that he spoke only what the Father gave (or taught) him to say. See John 7:16; 8:28, 47; 12:49; 14:10, 24; 17:8.
The Servant’s Surrender to the Cross
5The Lord Yahweh has opened my ear, # 50:5 A pierced ear was the mark of a willing slave. See Deut. 15:12–17; Ps. 40:6.
and I did not resist; I did not rebel.
6I offered my back to those who flogged me
and my cheek to those who tore out my beard.
I never hid my face from demeaning insults
or from those who spit on me.
7The Lord Yahweh empowers me, so I am not humiliated.
For that reason, with holy determination, # 50:7 Or “I have set my face like flint.”
I will do his will and not be ashamed.
8The One who makes me righteous is close to me.
Who would dare challenge me now?
Who would be my opponent?
Let him stand before me!
Who is my accuser?
Let him confront me!
9It is the Lord Yahweh who empowers me;
who would condemn me? # 50:9 See Rom. 8:31–39.
My accusers will all fade away
like worn-out, moth-eaten clothes. # 50:9 These old clothes represent the old concepts of an old covenant. See Matt. 6:19–21; Heb. 1:11–12.
The Fear of God
10Who among you has true fear and reverence of Yahweh?
Who of you listens to the voice of his servant?
Are any of you groping in the dark without light?
Trust in the faithful name of Yahweh
and rely on your God.
11But if you presume to light your own torch,
you are playing with fire.
So go ahead, walk in the light of your own fires
and the sparks you have kindled.
But I can promise you this:
it will take you down into torment!
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Learn More About The Passion TranslationIsaiah 50
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1Thus says the Lord:
“Where is your mother's bill of divorce,
with which I put her away?
Or which of my creditors is it
to whom I have sold you?
Behold, for your iniquities you were sold,
and for your transgressions your mother was put away.
2Why, when I came, was there no man?
When I called, was there no one to answer?
Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem?
Or have I no power to deliver?
Behold, by my rebuke I dry up the sea,
I make the rivers a desert;
their fish stink for lack of water,
and die of thirst.
3I clothe the heavens with blackness,
and make sackcloth their covering.”
4The Lord God has given me
the tongue of those who are taught,
that I may know how to sustain with a word
him that is weary.
Morning by morning he wakens,
he wakens my ear
to hear as those who are taught.
5The Lord God has opened my ear,
and I was not rebellious,
I turned not backward.
6I gave my back to the smiters,
and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard;
I hid not my face
from shame and spitting.
7For the Lord God helps me;
therefore I have not been confounded;
therefore I have set my face like a flint,
and I know that I shall not be put to shame;
8 #
Rom 8.33; Heb 1.11. he who vindicates me is near.
Who will contend with me?
Let us stand up together.
Who is my adversary?
Let him come near to me.
9Behold, the Lord God helps me;
who will declare me guilty?
Behold, all of them will wear out like a garment;
the moth will eat them up.
10Who among you fears the Lord
and obeys the voice of his servant,
who walks in darkness
and has no light,
yet trusts in the name of the Lord
and relies upon his God?
11Behold, all you who kindle a fire,
who set brands alight!#50.11 Syr: Heb gird yourselves with brands
Walk by the light of your fire,
and by the brands which you have kindled!
This shall you have from my hand:
you shall lie down in torment.
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