Isaiah 50

Israel’s Sin

¹This is what Yahweh 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.

²Why 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.

³I clothe the heavens in black

and make sackcloth their covering.”

• IS 50:3[PROPHECY]Heaven darkened at His humiliation → LK 23:44-45MEDIUM

The Servant’s Obedience// Matthew 27:27–31; Mark 15:16–20; Luke 22:63–65; John 19:1–15

⁴The Lord Yahweh 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.

• IS 50:4[PROPHECY]A learned counselor for the weary → MT 7:29; 11:28-29MEDIUM
• IS 50:4[MESSIAH SPEAKING]The Servant speaks again. Compare 50:6 with Matthew 26:67 and 27:26.

⁵The Lord Yahweh has opened My ears,

and I have not been rebellious,

nor have I turned back.

• IS 50:5[PROPHECY]The Servant willingly bound to obedience → MT 26:39

⁶I 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.

• IS 50:6[PROPHECY]'I gave My back to those who struck Me' → MT 27:26
• IS 50:6[PROPHECY]He was struck on the cheeks → MT 26:67
• IS 50:6[PROPHECY]He was spat upon → MT 27:30

⁷Because the Lord Yahweh 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.

• IS 50:7[PROPHECY]The Servant would set His face like flint → LK 9:51MEDIUM

⁸The 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!

⁹Surely the Lord Yahweh helps Me.

Who is there to condemn Me?

See, they will all wear out like a garment;

the moths will devour them.

¹⁰Who among you fears Yahweh

and obeys the voice of His Servant?

Who among you walks in darkness

and has no light?

Let him trust in the name of Yahweh;

let him lean on his God.

¹¹Behold, 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.