Isaiah 50

Isaiah 50:1

This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

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Behold Husbands often sent bills of divorcement to their wives on slight occasions; and fathers , oppressed with debt , sold their children till the year of release. But this , saith God , cannot be my case . I am not governed by any such motives , nor am I urged by any such necessity. Your captivity and afflictions are the fruits of your own folly and wickedness.

Isaiah 50:2

Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.

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Isaiah 50:3

I clothe the heavens in black and make sackcloth their covering.”

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Isaiah 50:4

The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.

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Isaiah 50:5

The Lord GOD has opened My ears, and I have not been rebellious, nor have I turned back.

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Isaiah 50:6

I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.

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my cheeks The eastern people always held the beard in great veneration; and to pluck a man's beard is one of the grossest indignities that can be offered. D'Arvieux gives a remarkable instance of an Arab , who , having received a wound in his jaw , chose to hazard his life rather than suffer the surgeon to cut off his beard. See note on 2 Samuel 10 . 4.

I hid Another instance of the utmost contempt and detestation. Throughout the East it is highly offensive to spit in any one's presence; and if this is such an indignity , how much more spitting in the face?

Isaiah 50:7

Because the Lord GOD helps Me, I have not been disgraced; therefore I have set My face like flint, and I know that I will not be put to shame.

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Isaiah 50:8

The One who vindicates Me is near. Who will dare to contend with Me? Let us confront each other! Who has a case against Me? Let him approach Me!

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Isaiah 50:9

Surely the Lord GOD helps Me. Who is there to condemn Me? See, they will all wear out like a garment; the moths will devour them.

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Isaiah 50:10

Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.

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Isaiah 50:11

Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who array yourselves with firebrands, walk in the light of your fire and of the firebrands you have lit! This is what you will receive from My hand: You will lie down in a place of torment.

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