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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Yeshayah (Isaiah) 50
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1Thus says יהוה, “Where is the certificate of your mother’s divorce, whom I have put away? Or which of My creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Look, you were sold for your crookednesses, and your mother was put away for your transgressions.
2“When I came, why was there no man? When I called, why was there no one to answer? Was My hand too short to ransom? Or have I no power to deliver? See, by My rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness; their fish stink for there is not water, and die of thirst.
3“I clothe the heavens with darkness, and I make sackcloth their covering.”
4The Master יהוה has given Me the tongue of taught ones, that I should know to help the weary with a word. He wakes Me morning by morning, he wakes My ear to hear as taught ones.
5The Master יהוה has opened My ear, and I was not rebellious, nor did I turn away.
6I gave My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard, I did not hide My face from humiliation and spitting.
7And the Master יהוה helps Me, therefore I shall not be humiliated. So I have set My face like a flint, and I know that I am not put to shame.
8Near is He who declares Me right. Who would contend with Me? Let us stand together. Who is My adversary? Let him come near Me.
9See, the Master יהוה helps Me. Who would declare Me wrong? See, all of them wear out like a garment, a moth eats them.
10Who among you is fearing יהוה, obeying the voice of His Servant, that has walked in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the Name of יהוה and lean upon his Elohim!
11See, all you who light a fire, girding on burning arrows: walk in the light of your fire and in the burning arrows you have lit. From My hand you shall have this: you shall lie down in grief!
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