Isaiah Chapter 50

God Helps His Servant

 50:1 So says YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, Where is
your mother’s bill of divorce by which I have sent her away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Look, it’s for your iniquities that ya’ll have been sold, and for your rebellious sins that your mother has been sent away.*God says that even though he exiles the mother, i.e. the congregation of Israel, His relationship with her is intact because He never gave her a figurative bill of divorce – From the New Jerusalem Bible
50:2 Why, is it that I have come, and there is no man? Why, when I called, nobody answered? Is my hand too limited to grant redemption?  Is there no strength in to rescue? Look, by my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a desertמִדְבָּר
Transliteration: miḏbār Pronunciation; mid-bawr’ in the sense of driving; a pasture (i.e. open field, where cattle are driven); by implication, a desert; also speech (including its organs): —desert, south, speech, wilderness. For more info click here
: their fish rot, because there is no water, and die of thirst.
50:3 I dress the heavensשָּׁמַיִם
Pronunciation: shaw-mah’-yim Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Absolute – the visible heavens, the abode of the stars like the visible universe, the sky, the atmosphere For more info click here
with blackness, and I make t
heir covering sackcloth.
50:4 Adonaiהָאָדוֹן
the Lord, Pluralis majestatis taken as singular) is the possessive form of adon (“Lord”), along with the first-person singular pronoun enclitic. As with Elohim, Adonai’s grammatical form is usually explained as a plural of majesty. For more info click here
YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
has granted me a tongue for teaching, to understand the need of the times in conveying matters to those who thirst [for knowledge] He wakes morning after morning, he arouses [my] ear for me to understand like disciples are taught.
50:5 Adonaiהָאָדוֹן
the Lord, Pluralis majestatis taken as singular) is the possessive form of adon (“Lord”), along with the first-person singular pronoun enclitic. As with Elohim, Adonai’s grammatical form is usually explained as a plural of majesty. For more info click here
YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, or turned away.
50:6 I offered my back to those who struck me, and my cheeks to those that plucked my beard: I didn’t hide my face from shame and spitting.
50:7 Because Adonai וַאדֹנָי
 for the Lord, Pluralis majestatis taken as singular) is the possessive form of adon (“Lord”), along with the first-person singular pronoun enclitic. As with Elohim, Adonai’s grammatical form is usually explained as a plural of majesty. For more info click here
YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
helps me; So I wasn’t humiliated : So have I made my face like a flint, and I know that I will not be ashamed.
50:8 He that justifies me is close by; whoever would accuse me, let us stand together: whoever is my adversary, let him approach me.
50:9 Look, Adonaiהָאָדוֹן
the Lord, Pluralis majestatis taken as singular) is the possessive form of adon (“Lord”), along with the first-person singular pronoun enclitic. As with Elohim, Adonai’s grammatical form is usually explained as a plural of majesty. For more info click here
YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
will help me; who is he that will condemn me? see, they will all wear out like a garment; the moth will eat them up.

Warning to trust in God not in human resources


50:10 Among you
who fears YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, listening the voice of His servant, Even when he walks in the dark, without any light, let him trust in the Name of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, and rely on his Elohim בֵּאלֹהָיו
Pronounced bē’lōhāyv -Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word is Elohim for more info on the word click here
.
50:11 Look, all ya’ll are igniters of fire, and arming yourselves with firebrands: Go in the flame of your fire, and in the sparks that ya’ll have lit. From M
y hand has this [decree] come on ya’ll ; that ya’ll shall lie down in sorrow.

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