Isaiah 50:1

“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.”

"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." - Isaiah 50:1
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What does Isaiah 50:1 mean?

Isaiah 50:1 in the King James Version of the Bible reads: "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…

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Restoration Through Repentance

In Isaiah 50:1, the Lord reveals the depth of His sorrow over His people's estrangement from Him: "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…

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A Prayer of Reflection and Redemption

O Eternal and Sovereign Lord, In the stillness of this moment, I come before You with a heart full of reflection and longing, drawn to the poignant words found in Isaiah 50:1: "Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of…

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Isaiah 50:1 - "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."
Isaiah 50:7–9
Isaiah 50:3 - "I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering."
Isaiah 50:5 - "¶ The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back."
Luke 7:50
Luke 7:50
Isaiah 50:6 - "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."
"I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering." - Isaiah 50:3
Numbers 1:50 -53
Numbers 1:50 -53
Numbers 1:50 -53
Isaiah 50:8 - "He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me."
Isaiah 50:7 - "¶ 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."
1 Kings 1:50 - "¶ And Adonijah feared because of Solomon, and arose, and went, and caught hold on the horns of the altar."
Isaiah 50:10 - "¶ 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 stay upon his God."
Isaiah 50:9 - "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."
Jeremiah 50:1 - "The word that the LORD spake against Babylon and against the land of the Chaldeans by Jeremiah the prophet."
Luke 1:50 - "And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation."
"¶ The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back." - Isaiah 50:5
Isaiah 50:11 - "Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow."
Genesis 50:1 - "And Joseph fell upon his father's face, and wept upon him, and kissed him."
Isaiah 50:4 - "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 mine ear to hear as the learned."
1 Chronicles 6:50 - "And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,"
1 Chronicles 2:50 - "¶ These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim,"
1 Chronicles 1:50 - "And when Baal-hanan was dead, Hadad reigned in his stead: and the name of his city was Pai; and his wife's name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Mezahab."
Psalms 50:1 - "The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof."
1 Samuel 14:50 - "And the name of Saul's wife was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz: and the name of the captain of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle."
1 Samuel 17:50 - "So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David."
Isaiah 50:2 - "Wherefore, 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 stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst."