Isaiah 50:1-3

GOD’S WORD Translation

The Lord’s People Were Sold because of Their Sin

50 This is what the Lord says:

Where are your mother’s divorce papers?
Did I give her any to get rid of her?
To which of my creditors did I sell you?
You were sold because of your sins.
I got rid of your mother because of your rebellion.
²Why was no one here when I came?
Why was no one here to answer when I called?
Am I too weak to reclaim you?
Don’t I have the power to rescue you?
I dry up the sea with my command,
and I turn rivers into deserts.
Their fish stink because there is no water,
and people die of thirst.
³I clothe the heavens in darkness
and cover them with sackcloth.