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The Lord’s People Were Sold because of Their Sin

50 This is what Yahweh 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.
Why 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.
I clothe the heavens in darkness
    and cover them with sackcloth.

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Israel’s Sin and the Servant’s Obedience

50 This is what the Lord says:

“Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce(A)
    with which I sent her away?
Or to which of my creditors
    did I sell(B) you?
Because of your sins(C) you were sold;(D)
    because of your transgressions your mother was sent away.
When I came, why was there no one?
    When I called, why was there no one to answer?(E)
Was my arm too short(F) to deliver you?
    Do I lack the strength(G) to rescue you?
By a mere rebuke(H) I dry up the sea,(I)
    I turn rivers into a desert;(J)
their fish rot for lack of water
    and die of thirst.
I clothe the heavens with darkness(K)
    and make sackcloth(L) its covering.”

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