Isaiah 50

Chapter 50

God Helps His Servant

¹Thus says the Lord,

“Where is the ^acertificate of divorce

By which I have ^bsent your mother away?

Or to whom of My creditors did I ^csell you?

Behold, you were sold for your ^diniquities,

And for your ^etransgressions your mother ^fwas sent away.

²“Why was there ^ano man when I came?

When I called, why was there none to answer?

Is My ^bhand so short that it cannot ransom?

Or have I no power to deliver?

Behold, I ^cdry up the sea with My rebuke,

I ^dmake the rivers a wilderness;

Their fish stink for lack of water

And die of thirst.

³“I ^aclothe the heavens with blackness

And make sackcloth their covering.”

⁴The Lord ¹God has given Me the tongue of ^adisciples,

That I may know how to ^bsustain the weary one with a word.

He awakens Me ^cmorning by morning,

He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.

⁵The Lord God has ^aopened My ear;

And I was ^bnot disobedient

Nor did I turn back.

⁶I ^agave My back to those who strike Me,

And My cheeks to those who pluck out the beard;

I did not cover My face from humiliation and spitting.

⁷For the Lord God ^ahelps Me,

Therefore, I am ^bnot disgraced;

Therefore, I have set My face like ^cflint,

And I know that I will not be ashamed.

⁸He who ^avindicates Me is near;

Who will contend with Me?

Let us ^bstand up to each other;

Who has a case against Me?

Let him draw near to Me.

⁹Behold, ^athe Lord God helps Me;

^bWho is he who condemns Me?

Behold, ^cthey will all wear out like a garment;

The moth will eat them.

¹⁰Who is among you that fears the Lord,

That obeys the voice of His ^aservant,

That ^bwalks in darkness and has no light?

Let him ^ctrust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.

¹¹Behold, all you who ^akindle a fire,

Who ¹encircle yourselves with firebrands,

Walk in the light of your fire

And among the brands you have set ablaze.

This you will have from My hand:

You will ^blie down in torment.