Isaiah 50:1

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

This is what the Lord says: “People of Israel, you say that I divorced your mother, Jerusalem. But where is the legal paper that proves I divorced her? My children, did I owe money to someone? Did I sell you to pay a debt? No, you were sold because of the bad things you did. Your mother was sent away because of the bad things you did.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:30

Can one person chase away 1000 men? Can two men cause 10,000 men to run away? It will happen only if the Lord gives them to their enemy. This will happen only if their Rock sells them like slaves.

Jeremiah 3:8

Israel was unfaithful, and she knew why I sent her away. Israel knew that I divorced her because she committed the sin of adultery. But that did not make her unfaithful sister afraid. Judah was not afraid. She also went out and acted like a prostitute.

Matthew 18:25

He was not able to pay the money to his master, the king. So the master ordered that he and everything he owned be sold, even his wife and children. The money would be used to pay the king what the servant owed.

Nehemiah 5:5

We are as good as the others. Our sons are as good as their sons. But we will have to sell our sons and daughters as slaves. Some of us have already had to sell our daughters as slaves. There is nothing we can do. We have already lost our fields and vineyards. Other people own them now.”

2 Kings 4:1

A man from the group of prophets had a wife. This man died, and his wife cried out to Elisha, “My husband was like a servant to you. Now he is dead! You know he honored the Lord. But he owed money to a man. Now that man is coming to take my two boys and make them his slaves!”

Isaiah 52:3

The Lord says, “You were not sold for money. So I will not use money to set you free.”

Jeremiah 4:18

“The way you lived and the things you did brought this trouble to you. It is your evil that made your life so hard. Your evil life brought the pain that hurts deep in your heart.”

Jeremiah 3:1

“If a man divorces his wife and she goes and marries someone else, the first husband cannot take her back. If he did, it would make the land unclean. Judah, you and all your false gods are like a prostitute with many lovers! So why do you think you can come back to me?” This message is from the Lord.

Psalm 44:12

You sold your people for nothing. You did not even argue over the price.

2 Kings 17:17

They sacrificed their sons and daughters in the fire. They used magic and witchcraft to try to learn the future. They sold themselves to do what the Lord said was evil. They did this to make him angry.

Esther 7:4

I ask this because my people and I have been sold to be destroyed—to be killed and wiped out completely. If we had just been sold as slaves, I would have kept quiet, because that would not be enough of a problem to bother the king.”

1 Kings 21:25

So Ahab sold himself out to do what the Lord says is evil. There is no one who did as much evil as Ahab and his wife Jezebel, who caused him to do these things.

Exodus 21:7

“A man might decide to sell his daughter as a slave. If this happens, the rules for making her free are not the same as the rules for making the men slaves free.

Leviticus 25:39

“If anyone from your own country becomes so poor that they must sell themselves to you, don’t make them work like slaves.

Isaiah 1:28

But all the criminals and sinners will be destroyed. Those who stopped following the Lord will be removed.

Isaiah 27:8

The Lord will settle his argument with Israel by sending the people far away. He will speak harshly to Israel. His words will burn like the hot desert wind.

Isaiah 43:27

Your first father sinned, and your lawyers committed crimes against me.

Isaiah 46:8

“Sinners, change your heart and mind. Think about this again. Remember it and be strong.

Isaiah 54:6

“Like a woman whose husband has left her, you were very sad. You were like a young wife left all alone. But the Lord has called you back to him.” This is what your God says.

Isaiah 54:7

“For a short time I turned away from you, but with all my love I will welcome you again.

Isaiah 58:1

Shout as loud as you can and don’t stop. Shout like a trumpet! Tell the people what they did wrong. Tell the family of Jacob about their sins.

Isaiah 64:6

We are all dirty with sin. Even our good works are not pure. They are like bloodstained rags. We are all like dead leaves. Our sins have carried us away like wind.

Hosea 4:5

You priests will fall in the daytime. And at night the prophet will also fall with you. I will also destroy your mother.