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.
Studiennotiz
Study Note
God's rhetorical questions — 'Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement? whom have I put away? Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you?' — respond to Israel's complaint that God has abandoned them by reversing the accusation: no divorce document was issued, no sale to creditors was made; Israel's exile is self-caused. The marriage metaphor for the divine-Israel covenant, developed extensively in Hosea 1-3, Jeremiah 2-3, and Ezekiel 16, makes divorce the category for covenant dissolution — and God insists he has not issued the bill (Deuteronomy 24:1 required written documentation). The verse begins the Third Servant Song (50:4-11), which opens with God's faithfulness contrasted to Israel's rebellion — the Servant's response to rejection (v. 6: 'I gave my back to the smiters') presupposing this unbroken divine commitment. The text shaped Christian reflection on divorce, on Israel's exile, and on the nature of covenant fidelity.
Andere Übersetzungen
Thus saith Jehovah, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, wherewith I have put her away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities were ye sold, and for your transgressions was your mother put away.
Thus said Jehovah: `Where <FI>is<Fi> this--the bill of your mother's divorce, Whom I sent away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Lo, for your iniquities ye have been sold, And for your transgressions Hath your mother been sent away.
This is the word of the Lord: Where is the statement which I gave your mother when I put her away? or to which of my creditors have I given you for money? It was for your sins that you were given into the hands of others, and for your evil-doing was your mother put away.
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