Isaiah 50

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 50 of 66

1 So says Jehovah, Where is the scroll of your mother's divorce whom I have put away? Or to which of My creditors that I have sold you to him? Behold, you were sold for your iniquities, and your mother was put away for your transgressions.

2 Who knows why I have come, and no one is here? I called, and not one answered. Cutting short, is My hand cut short from ransom? Or is there not power in Me to deliver? Behold, at My rebuke I dry up the sea; I make rivers a wilderness; their fish stink because of no water, and die in thirst.

3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and make sackcloth their covering.

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Chapter Summary

Christ shows that the dereliction of the Jews is not to be imputed to Him, by His ability to save, and by His confidence in that assistance.

Key Hebrew Words

יִבְל֔וּ become old and worn out H1086 · TWOT 246
חֲשֵׁכִ֗ים darkness H2825 · TWOT 769c
לְשׁ֣וֹן tongue H3956 · TWOT 1131a
יָעִ֣יר rouse oneself H5782 · TWOT 1587
לִמּוּדִ֔ים taught H3928 · TWOT 1116a

People & Context

The Bill of Divorce

God asks Israel for their mother's divorce scroll or creditor's record, clarifying they were sold because of their own iniquities, while asserting His…

Third Servant Song: The Obedient Sufferer

The Servant describes how God awakens His ear to hear as the learned. He yields Himself without rebellion, giving His back to strikers, His cheeks to …

Warning to Those Walking in Own Light

A call is made to trust in Jehovah and obey the Servant. A woe is issued to those who kindle their own fire and walk in their own sparks, promising th…

Timeline

The Bill of Divorce

God asks Israel for their mother's divorce scroll or creditor's record, clarifying they were sold because of their own iniquities, while asserting His power to ransom and deliver.

Isaiah 50:1-3
Third Servant Song: The Obedient Sufferer

The Servant describes how God awakens His ear to hear as the learned. He yields Himself without rebellion, giving His back to strikers, His cheeks to pluckers, and setting His face like flint.

Isaiah 50:4-9
Warning to Those Walking in Own Light

A call is made to trust in Jehovah and obey the Servant. A woe is issued to those who kindle their own fire and walk in their own sparks, promising they will lie down in pain.

Isaiah 50:10-11

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