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Themes in Isaiah 50

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Themes in Isaiah 50

Isaiah 50:1 (show verse)

Thus, saith Yahweh - Where then is the set, oil of your mothers divorce, whom I have put away? Or, which of my creditors, is it to whom I have sold you? Lo! for your iniquities, have ye been sold, And for your transgressions, hath your mother been put away.

Bondage, spiritual » Sold under sin
Divorce » Illustrative of God's casting off of the jewish church
Divorce » Figurative
Sin » Secret » Sold under

Isaiah 50:2 (show verse)

Wherefore, When I came in, was there no one? When I called, was there none to answer? Is mine own hand, really shortened, that it cannot redeem? Or is there not, in me, strength to deliver? Lo! by my rebuke, I dry up the sea I make rivers a desert, Their fish Stinketh, for want of water, Yea dieth, for thirst:

Fishes » Cannot live without water
The Providence of God » Is exercised in » Ruling the elements
Redemption » Manifests the » Power of God
Rivers » God's power over, unlimited
the Sea » God » Dries up, by his rebuke

Isaiah 50:3 (show verse)

I clothe the heavens with gloom, And, of sackcloth, make I their covering.

Sackcloth » Illustrative » (covering the heavens with,) of severe judgments

Isaiah 50:4 (show verse)

My Lord Yahweh, hath given unto me the tongue of the instructed, That I should know how to succour the fainting, with discourse, - He kept wakening - morning by morning. He kept wakening mine ear, to hearken as do the instructed;

Gifts » From God » Ability for comforting speech
Hearing » The lord opening ears
Holy spirit » The holy spirit speaking through people
Inspiration » Promises of special
Prophets » Inspiration of » Promises of special
Servants » The servant of the lord
Social duties » Fidelity in business » Kind words
Sorrow » Who shall have sorrow
Speech/communication » The holy spirit speaking through people
Wise » Words » Comforting
Words » Kept words of Christ » Kind, examples of
Words » Spoken at the proper moment
Words » Spiritual wise » Comforting

Isaiah 50:5 (show verse)

My Lord, Yahweh, opened mine ear, And, I, was not rebellious, - Away, turned I not:

Hearing » The lord opening ears
Holy spirit » The holy spirit speaking through people
Servants » The servant of the lord
Sorrow » Who shall have sorrow
Speech/communication » The holy spirit speaking through people

Isaiah 50:6 (show verse)

My back, gave I to smiters, and My cheeks, to them who pulled out the beard, - My face, hid I not from insult and spitting.

Assault and battery » Striking jesus » Prophecies of
Beards » Plucking of, a sign of scorn
Hairs » Plucking out of, a reproach
Humility of Christ » Exhibited in his » Submitting to sufferings
Jesus Christ » Death of, voluntary
Persecution » Christ voluntarily submitted to
Prophecies respecting Christ » His being spit on and scourged
Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Plucking out the hair
Servants » The servant of the lord
Smiting » Of the righteous, general references to
Sorrow » Who shall have sorrow
Suffering for righteousness' sake » Of the jews smiting of the righteous » General references to

Isaiah 50:7 (show verse)

Because, My Lord, Yahweh, would help me, Therefore was I not deterred by insult, - Therefore did I set my face like flint, And I knew that I should not be put to shame.

not Ashamed » Not ashamed, the righteous
holy Boldness » Produced by » Trust in God
Closeness » The lord being near
Help » The lord helping
Justification » The lord justifying
Knowledge » Spiritual knowledge, general references to » Seven great verities that may be known by the believer
Opposition » There being no opposition to the lord
Protection » Of God, is » Encouraging
Servants » The servant of the lord
Seven » Example of steadfastness » Job, in his religious life
Sorrow » Who shall have sorrow
Stability » Seven notable examples of » Job, in his religious life
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » Job, in his religious life

Isaiah 50:8 (show verse)

At hand, is one who can justify me. Who will contend with me? let, us stand forth together, - Who can accuse me? let him draw near to me!

Closeness » The lord being near
God » Mercy of » Nearness of
Justification » The lord justifying
Justification before God » Under the gospel » Frees from condemnation
Justification before God » Is the act of God
Nearness to God » General references to
Opposition » There being no opposition to the lord
Servants » The servant of the lord
Sorrow » Who shall have sorrow

Isaiah 50:9 (show verse)

Lo! My Lord, Yahweh, will help me, Who is he that shall prove me lawless? Lo! they all, as a garment, shall fall to pieces, the moth shall consume them.

Condemnation » No condemnation, for the righteous
God » Hand of » Helper
Insects » Locusts » Moths
Insects » Mentioned in scripture » Moth
Moth » Destructive of garments
Moths » Illustrative » (eating a garment,) of God's judgments
No » Condemnation, for the righteous
Opposition » There being no opposition to the lord
Servants » The servant of the lord
Sorrow » Who shall have sorrow
Wicked people » Compared with » Moth-eaten garments
Wicked, the, are compared to » Moth-eaten garments

Isaiah 50:10 (show verse)

Who among you, revereth Yahweh, Hearkening unto the voice of his Servant, - That hath walked in dark places And hath had no gleam of light? Let him trust in the name of Yahweh, And lean upon his God.

Fear of God » Promises concerning
God » Trust in » Exhortations to
God » Mercy of » Name of, mighty
Name » Of the lord, mighty
Servants » The servant of the lord
Sorrow » Who shall have sorrow
Trust in God » Exhortations to

Isaiah 50:11 (show verse)

Lo! all ye that kindle a fire, That gird yourselves with fiery darts, - Walk ye in the blaze of your own fire. And in the fiery darts ye have kindled, At my hand, hath this befallen you, In sorrow, shall ye lie down.

Fire » Illustrative of » The hope of hypocrites
Sorrow » Who shall have sorrow