Isaiah 50:1-11

Isaiah: God controls the nations

God’s special servant

Isaiah Chapter s 49 to 57

Norman Hillyer

Chapter 50

Israel has refused to trust the *Lord

v1 This is what the *Lord says to the people from Israel: ‘You cannot produce any official notice of divorce. You have no evidence that I ever sent your mother away from me. You cannot prove that I sold you as slaves in order to pay some debt. No, you became slaves because of your wicked behaviour. And your mother had to go away because you frequently refused to follow my plans for you. v2 Nobody was there when I came. Nobody answered when I called. But I have the resources to buy you back. And I have the strength to rescue you. With just a word, I can make the sea dry. I can change rivers into a desert. And without water, the fish die. v3 I cover the skies with darkness. Even the sky seems to wear *sackcloth because my people are so sad.’