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Israel’s Sin and the Servant’s Obedience

50This is what the Lord says:

“Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce^(A)
with which I sent her away?
Or to which of my creditors
did I sell^(B) you?
Because of your sins^(C) you were sold;^(D)
because of your transgressions your mother was sent away.
²When I came, why was there no one?
When I called, why was there no one to answer?^(E)
Was my arm too short^(F) to deliver you?
Do I lack the strength^(G) to rescue you?
By a mere rebuke^(H) I dry up the sea,^(I)
I turn rivers into a desert;^(J)
their fish rot for lack of water
and die of thirst.
³I clothe the heavens with darkness^(K)
and make sackcloth^(L) its covering.”

⁴The Sovereign Lord^(M) has given me a well-instructed tongue,^(N)
to know the word that sustains the weary.^(O)
He wakens me morning by morning,^(P)
wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.^(Q)
⁵The Sovereign Lord^(R) has opened my ears;^(S)
I have not been rebellious,^(T)
I have not turned away.
⁶I offered my back to those who beat^(U) me,
my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard;^(V)
I did not hide my face
from mocking and spitting.^(W)
⁷Because the Sovereign Lord^(X) helps^(Y) me,
I will not be disgraced.
Therefore have I set my face like flint,^(Z)
and I know I will not be put to shame.^(AA)
⁸He who vindicates^(AB) me is near.^(AC)
Who then will bring charges against me?^(AD)
Let us face each other!^(AE)
Who is my accuser?
Let him confront me!
⁹It is the Sovereign Lord^(AF) who helps^(AG) me.
Who will condemn^(AH) me?
They will all wear out like a garment;
the moths^(AI) will eat them up.

¹⁰Who among you fears^(AJ) the Lord
and obeys^(AK) the word of his servant?^(AL)
Let the one who walks in the dark,
who has no light,^(AM)
trust^(AN) in the name of the Lord
and rely on their God.
¹¹But now, all you who light fires
and provide yourselves with flaming torches,^(AO)
go, walk in the light of your fires^(AP)
and of the torches you have set ablaze.
This is what you shall receive from my hand:^(AQ)
You will lie down in torment.^(AR)

Cross references

Isaiah 50:1 : S Dt 24:1; Hos 2:2; Mt 19:7; Mk 10:4
Isaiah 50:1 : S Ne 5:5; S Mt 18:25
Isaiah 50:1 : S Isa 1:28
Isaiah 50:1 : S Dt 32:30; S Jdg 3:8
Isaiah 50:2 : S 1Sa 8:19; S Isa 41:28
Isaiah 50:2 : Nu 11:23; Isa 59:1
Isaiah 50:2 : S Ge 18:14; S Ps 68:35; Jer 14:9
Isaiah 50:2 : S Ps 18:15
Isaiah 50:2 : S Ex 14:22
Isaiah 50:2 : S Ps 107:33
Isaiah 50:3 : S Ex 10:22; S Isa 5:30
Isaiah 50:3 : Rev 6:12
Isaiah 50:4 : ver 5; Isa 61:1
Isaiah 50:4 : S Ex 4:12
Isaiah 50:4 : S Isa 40:29; Mt 11:28
Isaiah 50:4 : Ps 5:3; 88:13; 119:147; 143:8
Isaiah 50:4 : S Isa 28:9
Isaiah 50:5 : S Isa 48:16
Isaiah 50:5 : Isa 35:5
Isaiah 50:5 : Eze 2:8; 24:3; S Mt 26:39; Jn 8:29; 14:31; 15:10; Ac 26:19; Heb 5:8
Isaiah 50:6 : Isa 53:5; Mt 27:30; Mk 14:65; 15:19; Lk 22:63; Jn 19:1
Isaiah 50:6 : S 2Sa 10:4
Isaiah 50:6 : S Nu 12:14; La 3:30; Mt 26:67; Mk 10:34
Isaiah 50:7 : S Isa 48:16
Isaiah 50:7 : S Isa 41:10; 42:1
Isaiah 50:7 : Jer 1:18; 15:20; Eze 3:8-9
Isaiah 50:7 : S Isa 28:16; S 29:22
Isaiah 50:8 : S Isa 26:2; S 49:4
Isaiah 50:8 : S Ps 34:18
Isaiah 50:8 : S Job 13:19; S Isa 43:26; Ro 8:32-34
Isaiah 50:8 : S Isa 41:1
Isaiah 50:9 : S Isa 48:16
Isaiah 50:9 : S Isa 41:10
Isaiah 50:9 : Ro 8:1, 34
Isaiah 50:9 : S Job 13:28; S Isa 51:8
Isaiah 50:10 : S Pr 1:7
Isaiah 50:10 : Isa 1:19; Hag 1:12
Isaiah 50:10 : S Isa 49:3
Isaiah 50:10 : S Ps 107:14; Ac 26:18
Isaiah 50:10 : S Isa 10:20; S 26:4
Isaiah 50:11 : Pr 26:18
Isaiah 50:11 : Isa 1:31; Jas 3:6
Isaiah 50:11 : S Dt 21:22-23; S Pr 26:27
Isaiah 50:11 : S Job 15:20; Isa 65:13-15

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Isaiah 50:7 New King James Version (NKJV)

“For the Lord GOD will help Me; Therefore I will not be disgraced; Therefore I have set My face like a flint, And I know that I will not be ashamed.

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