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
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1 Thus says Yahweh:
“Where is this divorce document of your mother’s divorce, with which I dismissed her?
or to whom of my creditors did I sell you?
Look! you were sold because of your sin,
and your mother was dismissed because of your transgressions.
2Why was there no man when I came,
no one who answered when I called?
Do I lack the strength to save?#Literally “short is short my hand from redemption”
Or is there no power in me to deliver?
Look! by my rebuke I dry up the sea;
I make#Literally “put” the rivers a desert;
their fish stink because there is no water,
and they#Hebrew “she” die because of thirst.
3I clothe the heavens with darkness,
and I make#Literally “put” their covering sackcloth.”
The Servant’s Vindication
4The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of a pupil,
to know how to help the weary with a word.
He awakens morning by morning,#Literally “in the morning in the morning”
awakens an ear for me to listen as do the pupils.
5The Lord Yahweh has opened an ear for me,
and I, I was not rebellious.
I did not turn backwards;
6I gave my back to those who struck me,
and my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard;#Literally “face”
I did not hide my face from insults and spittle.
7And the Lord Yahweh helps me,
therefore I have not been put to shame;
therefore I have set my face like flint.
And I know that I shall not be ashamed;
8he who obtains rights for me is near.
Who will contend with me? Let us stand together.
Who is the master of my judgment? Let him approach me.
9Look! The Lord Yahweh helps me.
Who is the one who will declare me guilty?
Look! All of them will be worn out like a garment;
the moth will eat them.
10Who among you is in fear of Yahweh,
obeys#Or “listens” the voice of his servant?
Who walks in darkness
and has no light,
trusts in the name of Yahweh
and depends on his God?
11Look! All of you are kindlers of fire,
who gird yourselves with flaming arrows.
Walk in the light of your fire,
and among the flaming arrows you have kindled!
You shall have this from my hand:
you shall lie down in#Or “to” a place of torment.
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