Bible Chapter Summary
Isaiah 50 Summary
The Servant's Suffering and Victory
The Lord asks where is the bill of Israel's mother's divorcement, declaring that by their iniquities they sold themselves and by their transgressions their mother is put away. When the Lord came, there was no man to answer when He called. The Lord demonstrates His power by making rivers a wilderness at His rebuke. The Lord God gave the servant the tongue of the learned to speak a word in season to him that is weary, opening his ear to hear and be not rebellious. The servant gave his back to smiters and his cheeks to those that plucked off hair, and hid not his face from shame and spitting. Because the Lord God helps him, the servant sets his face like a flint, knowing he shall not be ashamed. The Lord is near to justify him, and none shall condemn him. The chapter closes with a call for the wicked who kindle fire to walk in the light of their own fire and lie down in sorrow.
Key themes
Key verses
Isaiah 50:1-2
“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 50:4-7
“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 50:8-9
“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 50:10-11
“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.”
Read Isaiah 50 in full
Study the complete chapter with interlinear Hebrew & Greek, verse-by-verse, in the Gospel Daily reader.
Open the full chapter