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1 Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
4 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
5 The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
7 For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.
8 He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.
9 Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
10 Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
11 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
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References and notes
1. King James Authorized Version
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The LORD Can and Will Help Those Who
Trust Him - Isaiah 50:1-11 By: Allen Ross , Th.D., Ph.D. - http://www.bible.org/page.asp?page_id=2550 |
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The prophet
Isaiah was the author of the book called by his name. |
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Division of
Isaiah 50 |
This chapter can easily be
divided into three sections:
vs. 1-3 form the assurance of
the LORD’s help,
vs. 4-9 are the third Servant
Song, and
vs. 10-11 the final
exhortation.
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Third Servant
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This Bible passage is
prophetic of the Messiah’s work, as indeed the Servant Songs
are as a whole. Jesus declared that He was the Servant; He
was the Son of Man who came to serve and not to be served,
to give His life a ransom for many (Matt. 20:28).
The idea of “serve” and “ransom” and “many” are all
from the servant songs. So on the physical-spiritual level
of the New Testament, people who were in bondage to world
powers as well as (and because of) their sins were burdened
and discouraged and without hope. Jesus came and took all
the sins and sorrows of the world on Himself, calling for
people to trust in Him to find rest for their souls, to
learn of Him. So in this passage the emphasis on the
Servant’s learning and teaching of the weary, His obedience,
His suffering at the hands of smiters who plucked His beard
and spat on Him, His confidence in the God Almighty, and His
setting His face like flint to do the will of the Father,
not fearing human opposition—all are clearly prophetic of
Jesus Christ.2
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