e.
The reason for Zion's being forsaken
50:1-3
Isa. 50
:1
50:1
Thus says Jehovah,
Where is the
abill of your mother’s divorce
With which I have put her away?
Or to which of My creditors
Have I sold you?
Indeed, for your iniquities you were
bsold,
And for your transgressions your mother was put away.
Isa. 50
:2
50:2
Why when I came was there no man?
And
when I
acalled why was there no one to answer?
Is My hand
bso short that it cannot redeem?
Or do I have no power to deliver?
Indeed, at My rebuke I
cdry up the sea;
I make the rivers a wilderness;
Their
dfish stink because there is no water,
And die of thirst.
Isa. 50
:3
50:3
I clothe the heavens with
ablackness,
And make sackcloth their
bcovering.
f.
The instruction the servant of Jehovah (Isaiah, typifying Christ) received and the life he lived
50:4-9
Isa. 50
:4
50:4
The Lord Jehovah has
agiven 1me The tongue of the instructed,
That I should know how to sustain the
bweary with a word.
He awakens
me morning by morning;
He awakens my ear
To hear as an instructed one.
Isa. 50
:5
50:5
The Lord Jehovah has opened my
aear;
And I was
bnot rebellious,
Nor did I turn back.
Isa. 50
:6
50:6
1I gave my back to those who
astrike me And my
bcheeks to those who pluck out
the hair;
I did not hide my face
From humiliation and
cspitting.
Isa. 50
:7
50:7
The Lord Jehovah helps me;
Therefore I have not been dishonored;
Therefore I have set my
aface like a flint,
And I know that I will not be put to shame.
Isa. 50
:8
50:8
The One who justifies me is near; who will contend with me?
Let us stand up together!
Who is my adversary in judgment?
Let him come near to me.
Isa. 50
:9
50:9
Indeed, the Lord Jehovah helps me,
Who is the one who condemns me?
Indeed, they will all wear out like a
agarment;
The
bmoth will consume them.
g.
How he who fears Jehovah and hears the voice of His servant has light while walking in darkness
50:10-11
Isa. 50
:10
50:10
Who among you fears Jehovah;
Who hears the voice of His servant;
Who walks in darkness
And has no light?
Let him trust in the name of Jehovah,
And rely on his God.
Isa. 50
:11
50:11
Indeed, all of you who kindle a fire,
Who surround yourselves with firebrands,
Walk into the light of your fire
And into the firebrands which you have lit.
You will have this from My hand:
You will lie down in torment.
