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Themes in Isaiah 50

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Themes in Isaiah 50

Isaiah 50:1 (show verse)

Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother 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)

Why, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish becometh putrid, because there is no water, and 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 blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

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

Isaiah 50:4 (show verse)

The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth my ear to hear as the learned.

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)

The Lord GOD opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.

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)

I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame 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)

For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

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)

He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together; who is my adversary? let him come 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)

Behold the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.

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 is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and rely 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)

Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that encompass yourselves with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of my hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.

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