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.”

"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 50:8
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What does Isaiah 50:8 mean?

Isaiah 50:8 (KJV): "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." This verse from the book of Isaiah is a powerful declaration of confidence in the face of adversity. The speaker is asserting…

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Standing Firm in the Face of Adversity

In the book of Isaiah, chapter 50, verse 8, we encounter a powerful declaration of confidence and assurance: "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." This verse resonates deeply in a world…

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A Prayer of Confidence and Divine Justification

Eternal God, the Creator of the heavens and the earth, I come before You with a heart full of reverence and gratitude, acknowledging Your supreme authority and Your unwavering justice. As I meditate on the profound truth found in Isaiah 50:8, I am reminded of the assurance that…

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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 50:7–9
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."
John 8:50 - "And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth."
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."
Luke 8:50 - "But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole."
"I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering." - Isaiah 50:3
Psalms 50:8 - "I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me."
Jeremiah 50:8 - "Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks."
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."
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."
"And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth." - John 8:50
Genesis 50:8 - "And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house: only their little ones, and their flocks, and their herds, they left in the land of Goshen."
"¶ 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."
"But when Jesus heard it, he answered him, saying, Fear not: believe only, and she shall be made whole." - Luke 8:50
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."
Isaiah 6:8
Isaiah 19:8
Isaiah 64:8
Isaiah 6:8
1 Kings 8:50 - "And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee, and all their transgressions wherein they have transgressed against thee, and give them compassion before them who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them:"
Isaiah 35:8-10
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."
"Remove out of the midst of Babylon, and go forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, and be as the he goats before the flocks." - Jeremiah 50:8
"I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me." - Psalms 50:8
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."