Isaías 50

The Servant, Israel’s Hope

1 Thus says the Lord:

"Where is*Deut. 24:1; Jer. 3:8the certificate of your mother’s divorce,

Whom I have put away?

Or which of My *Deut. 32:30; 2 Kin. 4:1; Neh. 5:5creditors isit to whom I have sold you?

For your iniquities *Is. 52:3you have sold yourselves,

And for your transgressions your mother has been put away.

2 Why, when I came, wasthere no man?

Why, when I called, wasthere none to answer?

Is My hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem?

Or have I no power to deliver?

Indeed with My *Ps. 106:9; Nah. 1:4rebuke I dry up the sea,

I make the rivers a wilderness;

Their fish stink because thereis no water,

And die of thirst.

3 *Ex. 10:21I clothe the heavens with blackness,

*Is. 13:10; Rev. 6:12And I make sackcloth their covering."

4 "The*Ex. 4:11 Lord God has given Me

The tongue of the learned,

That I should know how to speak

A word in season to himwhois*Matt. 11:28weary.

He awakens Me morning by morning,

He awakens My ear

To hear as the learned.

5 The Lord God*Ps. 40:6; Is. 35:5has opened My ear;

And I was not *Matt. 26:39; Mark 14:36; Luke 22:42; John 8:29; 14:31; 15:10; Acts 26:19; (Phil. 2:8; Heb. 5:8; 10:7)rebellious,

Nor did I turn away.

6 *Matt. 27:26; John 18:22I gave My back to those who struck Me,

And *Matt. 26:67; 27:30; Mark 14:65; 15:19My cheeks to those who plucked out the beard;

I did not hide My face from shame and *Lam. 3:30spitting.

7 "For the Lord God will help Me;

Therefore I will not be disgraced;

Therefore *Ezek. 3:8, 9; Luke 9:51I have set My face like a flint,

And I know that I will not be ashamed.

8 *Acts 2:24; (Rom. 8:32–34)Heis near who justifies Me;

Who will contend with Me?

Let us stand together.

Who is My adversary?

Let him come near Me.

9 Surely the Lord God will help Me;

Who is he who will condemn Me?

*Job 13:28; Ps. 102:26; Heb. 1:11Indeed they will all grow old like a garment;

*Is. 51:6, 8The moth will eat them up.

10 "Who among you fears the Lord?

Who obeys the voice of His Servant?

Who *Ps. 23:4walks in darkness

And has no light?

*2 Chr. 20:20Let him trust in the name of the Lord

And rely upon his God.

11 Look, all you who kindle a fire,

Who encircle yourselves with sparks:

Walk in the light of your fire and in the sparks you have kindled—

*(John 9:39)This you shall have from My hand:

You shall lie down *Ps. 16:4in torment.