Isaiah 50
50
Israel’s Sin and the Servant’s Obedience
1Thus says the Lord:
“Where is #Deut. 24:1 your mother’s certificate of divorce,
with which #Jer. 3:8; [Hos. 2:2] I sent her away?
Or #[2 Kgs. 4:1; Matt. 18:25] which of my creditors is it
to whom I have sold you?
# ch. 59:2 Behold, for your iniquities you were sold,
and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
2 # [ch. 42:18-23] Why, when I came, was there no man;
why, when I called, was there no one to answer?
# ch. 59:1; Num. 11:23 Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem?
Or have I no power to deliver?
#
Ps. 104:7; 106:9; Nah. 1:4; [ch. 19:5, 6] Behold, by my rebuke #[Ex. 14:21] I dry up the sea,
#
Josh. 3:16 I make the rivers a desert;
# [Ex. 7:18, 21] their fish stink for lack of water
and die of thirst.
3 #
Jer. 14:22; Rev. 6:12 I clothe the heavens with blackness
and make sackcloth their covering.”
4The Lord God has given #[Ex. 4:11] me
the tongue of those who are taught,
that #[ch. 40:1, 2] I may know how to sustain with a word
# [Matt. 11:28] him who is weary.
Morning by morning he awakens;
he awakens my ear
to hear as those who are taught.
5 #
Ps. 40:6 The Lord God has opened my ear,
# [John 14:31; Phil. 2:8; Heb. 5:8; 10:7] and I was not rebellious;
I turned not backward.
6 # [ch. 53:5; Matt. 26:67; 27:26; Mark 15:19; Luke 22:63] I gave my back to those who strike,
and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard;
I hid not my face
from disgrace and spitting.
7But the Lord God helps me;
therefore I have not been disgraced;
#
Ezek. 3:8, 9 therefore I have set my face like a flint,
and I know that I shall not be put to shame.
8 #
Rom. 8:33, 34 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.
9 # ch. 41:10 Behold, 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 #ver. 4; ch. 49:2, 3 the voice of his servant?
# ch. 42:16; [Mic. 7:8] Let him who walks in darkness
and has no light
trust in the name of the Lord
and rely on his God.
11Behold, all you who kindle a fire,
who equip yourselves with burning torches!
Walk by the light of your fire,
and by the torches that you have kindled!
# [John 9:39] This you have from my hand:
you shall lie down in torment.
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Isaiah 50
50
The Lord's Power To Punish
1 #
Ba 4.6. The Lord says, “Children,
I didn't divorce your mother
or sell you to pay debts;
I divorced her and sold you
because of your sins.
2I came and called out,
but you didn't answer.
Have I lost my power
to rescue and save?
At my command oceans and rivers
turn into deserts;
fish rot and stink
for lack of water.
3I make the sky turn dark
like the sackcloth
you wear at funerals.”
God's Servant Must Suffer
4The Lord God gives me
the right words
to encourage the weary.
Each morning he awakens me
eager to learn his teaching;
5he made me willing to listen
and not rebel or run away.
6 #
Mt 26.67; Mk 14.65. I let them beat my back
and pull out my beard.
I didn't turn aside
when they insulted me
and spit in my face.
7But the Lord God keeps me
from being disgraced.
So I refuse to give up,
because I know
God will never let me down.
8 #
Ro 8.33,34. My protector is nearby;
no one can stand here
to accuse me of wrong.
9The Lord God will help me
and prove I am innocent.
My accusers will wear out
like moth-eaten clothes.
10None of you respect the Lord
or obey his servant.
You walk in the dark
instead of the light;
you don't trust the name
of the Lord your God.#50.10 God: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 10.
11Go ahead and walk in the light
of the fires you have set.#50.11 Go … set: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
But with his own hand,
the Lord will punish you
and make you suffer.
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