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Isaiah 50
God opens by rebutting the idea that He divorced Israel or sold her off: no bill of divorce exists; the exile is the people's own doing. His arm is not too short to redeem — He who dries up the sea has the power to deliver. Then the Servant speaks again, this time not as conqueror but as a disciple given "the tongue of those who are taught," who offers his back to those who beat him and sets his face like flint. The chapter closes choosing between trusting God in darkness and lighting your own torches.
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The LORD says, “Where is the bill of your mother’s divorce, with which I have put her away? Or to which of my creditors have I sold you? Behold, you were sold for your iniquities, and your mother was put away for your transgressions.
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Why, when I came, was there no one? When I called, why was there no one to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it can’t 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 stink because there is no water, and die of thirst.
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I clothe the heavens with blackness. I make sackcloth their covering.”
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The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning, he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
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The Lord GOD has opened my ear. I was not rebellious. I have not turned back.
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I gave my back to those who beat me, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair. I didn’t hide my face from shame and spitting.
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For the Lord GOD will help me. Therefore I have not been confounded. Therefore I have set my face like a flint, and I know that I won’t be disappointed.
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He who justifies me is near. Who will bring charges against me? Let us stand up together. Who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.
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Behold, the Lord GOD will help me! Who is he who will condemn me? Behold, they will all grow old like a garment. The moths will eat them up.
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Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness and has no light, let him trust in the LORD’s name, and rely on his God.
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Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who adorn yourselves with torches around yourselves, walk in the flame of your fire, and among the torches that you have kindled. You will have this from my hand: you will lie down in sorrow.
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Assim diz o SENHOR: “Onde está a carta de divórcio da mãe de vocês, com a qual eu a repudiei? Ou a qual dos meus credores eu vendi vocês? Eis que por suas iniquidades vocês foram vendidos, e por suas transgressões a mãe de vocês foi repudiada.
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Por que, quando eu vim, não havia ninguém? Quando eu chamei, por que não houve quem respondesse? Acaso a minha mão está tão encolhida, que não possa resgatar? Ou não tenho eu poder para livrar? Eis que com a minha repreensão eu seco o mar. Torno os rios em um deserto. Seus peixes cheiram mal porque não há água, e morrem de sede.
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Eu visto os céus de escuridão. E faço de pano de saco a sua cobertura.”
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O Senhor DEUS me deu a língua dos instruídos, para que eu saiba como sustentar com palavras aquele que está cansado. Ele desperta manhã após manhã, ele desperta o meu ouvido para ouvir como os instruídos.
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O Senhor DEUS abriu o meu ouvido. Eu não fui rebelde. Não voltei atrás.
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Dei as minhas costas aos que me batiam, e as minhas faces aos que arrancavam a barba. Não escondi o meu rosto da vergonha e dos cuspes.
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Pois o Senhor DEUS me ajudará. Portanto, não fui confundido. Por isso, fiz o meu rosto como uma pederneira, e sei que não serei decepcionado.
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Aquele que me justifica está perto. Quem trará acusações contra mim? Vamos nos apresentar juntos. Quem é o meu adversário? Que ele se aproxime de mim.
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Eis que o Senhor DEUS me ajudará! Quem é aquele que me condenará? Eis que todos eles envelhecerão como uma veste. As traças os devorarão.
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Quem entre vocês teme ao SENHOR e obedece à voz do seu servo? Aquele que anda em trevas e não tem luz, que ele confie no nome do SENHOR, e se apoie no seu Deus.
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Eis que todos vocês que acendem um fogo, que se armam com tochas ao seu redor, andem na chama do seu fogo, e entre as tochas que vocês acenderam. Vocês receberão isto da minha mão: vocês se deitarão em dor.
The Servant who is struck and not ashamed
This third Servant Song (verses 4-9) is the most personal yet: the Servant listens "morning by morning," submits to beating and spitting without rebellion, and rests his vindication on the nearness of the One who justifies him. It is the language later read into the suffering of Christ.
The closing two verses sort hearers in two: those who fear the LORD and obey the Servant's voice walk by trust even "in darkness" (verse 10), while those who kindle their own fire (verse 11) are told they will "lie down in sorrow" by the light they made themselves.
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