# Isaiah 50 📖: The Obedient Servant [[📚 Explore the Bible Books]] [[-Isaiah Overview]] | [[Isaiah 49]] | [[Isaiah 51]] > [!info] Table of Contents > [[#📜 Scripture Text (NET)]] > [[#📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary]] > [[#🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights]] > [[#🧠 Chapter Summary]] > [[#✝️ Christ in This Chapter]] > [[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]] > [[#💬 Discussion Questions]] > [[#✍️ Key Verses to Remember]] > [[#🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference]] > [[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]] > [[#📂 Internal Notes]] ## 📜 Scripture Text (NET) (The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005) [[#Verse 01.]] This is what the Lord says: “Where is your mother’s divorce certificate by which I divorced her? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold because of your sins; because of your rebellious acts I divorced your mother. [[#Verse 02.]] Why does no one challenge me when I come? Why does no one respond when I call? Is my hand too weak to deliver you? Do I lack the power to rescue you? Look, with a mere shout I can dry up the sea; I can turn streams into a desert, so the fish rot away and die from lack of water. [[#Verse 03.]] I can clothe the sky in darkness; I can cover it with sackcloth.” ### The Servant Perseveres [[#Verse 04.]] The Sovereign Lord has given me the capacity to be his spokesman, so that I know how to help the weary. He wakes me up every morning; he makes me alert so I can listen attentively as disciples do. [[#Verse 05.]] The Sovereign Lord has spoken to me clearly; I have not rebelled, I have not turned back. [[#Verse 06.]] I offered my back to those who attacked, my jaws to those who tore out my beard; I did not hide my face from insults and spitting. [[#Verse 07.]] But the Sovereign Lord helps me, so I am not humiliated. For that reason I am steadfastly resolved; I know I will not be put to shame. [[#Verse 08.]] The one who vindicates me is close by. Who dares to argue with me? Let us confront each other! Who is my accuser? Let him challenge me! [[#Verse 09.]] Look, the Sovereign Lord helps me. Who dares to condemn me? Look, all of them will wear out like clothes; a moth will eat away at them. [[#Verse 10.]] Who among you fears the Lord? Who obeys his servant? Whoever walks in deep darkness, without light, should trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God. [[#Verse 11.]] Look, all of you who start a fire and who equip yourselves with flaming arrows, walk in the light of the fire you started and among the flaming arrows you ignited! This is what you will receive from me: you will lie down in a place of pain. ## 📖 Verse-by-Verse Commentary ###### Overall. ###### Verse 01. ###### Verse 02. ###### Verse 03. ###### Verse 04. ###### Verse 05. ###### Verse 06. ###### Verse 07. ###### Verse 08. ###### Verse 09. ###### Verse 10. ###### Verse 11. ## 🤔 Interesting Facts / Historical and Cultural Insights 1. The certificate of divorce (50:1) refers to the law in Deuteronomy 24:1-4. God asks Israel to produce one, showing He never divorced them. 2. Isaiah 50:4-9 is the third Servant Song. 3. An instructed tongue (50:4) is literally the tongue of those who are taught, a disciple's tongue. 4. Pulling out the beard (50:6) was a deep insult in the ancient Near East. 5. The Gospels record Jesus being struck and spit upon (Matthew 26:67; 27:30). 6. Luke 9:51 says Jesus resolutely set His face to go to Jerusalem, echoing 50:7. 7. Paul echoes 50:8-9 in Romans 8:33-34: who will bring any charge against God's elect? 8. The accusers will wear out like a garment eaten by moths (50:9). 9. Verse 10 is one of the Bible's honest statements that a faithful person may walk in darkness. 10. Those who light their own fires (50:11) picture people relying on their own solutions. ## 🧠 Chapter Summary > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## ✝️ Christ in This Chapter Christ is the Servant who gave His back to those who struck Him and did not hide His face from spitting (50:6). He set His face like flint toward Jerusalem (50:7; Luke 9:51), and because God vindicates Him, no one can condemn us (50:8-9; Romans 8:33-34). ## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application > [!note] 🌱 Still growing. This section is on its way. ## 💬 Discussion Questions 1. The Servant listens to God morning by morning so He can help the weary (50:4). How does daily time with God prepare you to help others? 2. The Servant suffered willingly and did not turn back (50:5-6). How does Jesus' willing suffering affect your love for Him? 3. Those who walk in darkness are told to trust the Lord, not light their own fires (50:10-11). How do we try to light our own way? ## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember - 📖 verse 4: The Lord gives the Servant an instructed tongue to sustain the weary. - 📖 verse 6: I offered My back to those who beat Me and did not hide My face from spitting. - 📖 verse 7: Because the Lord helps Me, I set My face like flint. ## 🔗 Related Passages/Cross Reference - 🔗 [[Matthew 26#Verse 67.|Matthew 26:67-68]] - They spit in His face and struck Him. - 🔗 [[Luke 09#Verse 51.|Luke 9:51]] - Jesus set His face to go to Jerusalem. - 🔗 [[Romans 08#Verse 31.|Romans 8:31-34]] - Who will bring a charge against God's elect? - 🔗 [[1 Peter 02#Verse 21.|1 Peter 2:21-23]] - When He was abused, He did not retaliate. - 🔗 [[Hebrews 12#Verse 02.|Hebrews 12:2-3]] - Jesus endured the cross. ## 🙏 Devotional Reflection 📝 SOAP: [[Isaiah 50 - SOAP|We Are Equipped to Help Others]] ## 📂 Internal Notes