Isaiah 50

God Helps His Servant

1Thus says the Lord, “Where is the 1certificate of divorce By which I have 2sent your mother away? Or to whom of My creditors did I 3sell you? Behold, you were sold for your 4iniquities, And for your 5transgressions your mother 6was sent away.2Why was there 7no man when I came? When I called, why was there none to answer? Is My 8hand so short that it cannot ransom? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, I 9dry up the sea with My rebuke, I 10make the rivers a wilderness; Their fish stink for lack of water And die of thirst.3I 11clothe the heavens with blackness And make sackcloth their covering.”

4The Lord 12God has given Me the tongue of 13disciples, That I may know how to 14sustain the weary one with a word. He awakens Me 15morning by morning, He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.5The Lord God has 16opened My ear; And I was 17not disobedient Nor did I turn back.6I 18gave 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 19helps Me, Therefore, I am 20not disgraced; Therefore, I have set My face like 21flint, And I know that I will not be ashamed.8He who 22vindicates Me is near; Who will contend with Me? Let us 23stand up to each other; Who has a case against Me? Let him draw near to Me.9Behold, 24the Lord God helps Me; 25Who is he who condemns Me? Behold, 26they 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 27servant, That 28walks in darkness and has no light? Let him 29trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.11Behold, all you who 30kindle a fire, Who 31encircle 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 32lie down in torment.