Isaiah 50
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1Thus says Adonai: “Where is the divorce certificate, by which I sent your mother away? Or to whom of My creditors did I sell you? See, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
2Why was no one there when I came? Why was there no one to answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, I dry up the sea at My rebuke, I make rivers a wilderness— their fish stink for lack of water and die of thirst.
3I clothe the heavens with blackness and make sackcloth their covering.”
Third Servant Song: Face Like Flint
4Adonai Elohim has given Me the tongue of the learned, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning. He awakens My ear to give heed as a disciple.
5Adonai Elohim has opened My ear, and I was not rebellious, nor did I turn back.
6I gave My back to those who strike, and My cheeks to those pulling out My beard; I did not hide My face from humiliation and spitting.
7For Adonai Elohim will help Me. Therefore I have not been disgraced. Therefore I set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be ashamed.
8The One who vindicates Me is near. Who will accuse Me? Let us stand up to each other. Who is My adversary? Let him confront Me.
9See, Adonai Elohim will help Me. Who is he who would condemn Me? See, they all wear out like a garment. A moth will eat them up.
10Who among you fears Adonai? Who hears the voice of His servant? Who walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the Name of Adonai and lean on his God.
11“Behold, all you who kindle a fire, encircling yourselves with firebrands. Walk in the light of your fire and among the brands you have lit. This you will have from My hand: you will lie down in torment.”
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Isaiah 50
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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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