Israel’s Sin and the Servant’s Obedience
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This is what the Lord says:
“Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce
with which I sent her away?
Or to which of my creditors
did I sell you?
Because of your sins you were sold;
because of your transgressions
your mother was sent away.
2
When I came, why was there no one?
When I called, why was there no one to answer?
Was my arm too short to deliver you?
Do I lack the strength to rescue you?
By a mere rebuke I dry up the sea,
I turn rivers into a desert;
their fish rot for lack of water
and die of thirst.
3
I clothe the heavens with darkness
and make sackcloth its covering.”
4
The Sovereign Lord has given me
a well-instructed tongue,
to know the word that sustains the weary.
He wakens me morning by morning,
wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.
5
The Sovereign Lord has opened my ears;
I have not been rebellious,
I have not turned away.
6
I offered my back to those who beat me,
my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard;
I did not hide my face
from mocking and spitting.
7
Because the Sovereign Lord helps me,
I will not be disgraced.
Therefore have I set my face like flint,
and I know I will not be put to shame.
8
He who vindicates me is near.
Who then will bring charges against me?
Let us face each other!
Who is my accuser?
Let him confront me!
9
It is the Sovereign Lord who helps me.
Who will condemn me?
They will all wear out like a garment;
the moths will eat them up.
10
Who among you fears the Lord
and obeys the word of his servant?
Let the one who walks in the dark,
who has no light,
trust in the name of the Lord
and rely on their God.
11
But now, all you who light fires
and provide yourselves with flaming torches,
go, walk in the light of your fires
and of the torches you have set ablaze.
This is what you shall receive from my hand:
You will lie down in torment.
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Word by Word Meditations
by Fred Ursell
Isaiah 50: “wakens” (v.4)
Here’s a wake-up call! “The Sovereign LORD has given me an instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary” (v.4).
Note
[A] God’s word “sustains the weary” and supplies energy;
[B] he’s “given an instructed tongue” to share uplifting words with others;
[C] “he wakens me morning by morning” from spiritual drowsiness, every day, and bright and early;
[D] “to listen like one being taught” because to learn we need to pay attention;
[E] “I have not been rebellious” (v.5), not just a hearer but a doer – “do what it says” (James 1 v.22).
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