Isaiah 50:1

The Passion Translation

Yahweh asks, “Have I abandoned you? Can you show me your mother’s divorce papers that prove I sent her away? Do you think I sold you into slavery to pay off a debt? No, you sold yourselves into slavery because of your sins, and because of your rebellion I sent your mother away!

Cross References

Psalm 44:12

You have sold us as slaves for nothing! You have counted us, your precious ones, as worthless.

Isaiah 1:28

There will be a shattering of rebels and sinners together, and those who forsake the Lord will be consumed.

Isaiah 27:8

No, but with measured justice he exiled them and contended with them. He removed them from the land with his severe blast on the day his searing east wind blew.

Isaiah 43:27

Your earliest ancestor sinned, and your spokesmen rebelled against me.

Isaiah 46:8

Keep this in mind and don’t forget it! Take this to heart, you rebels!

Isaiah 52:3

For this is what Yahweh has to say: “You were sold for nothing; now you will be redeemed without any payment.”

Isaiah 54:6

For I, Yahweh, have invited you to come back like a depressed, deserted wife. Like a young wife who has experienced rejection, I am drawing you back to me,” says Yahweh.

Isaiah 54:7

“For just a brief moment I deserted you, but with tender feelings of love I will gather you back to me.

Isaiah 58:1

“Shout it loud and clear! Don’t hold back! Let your voice be like a trumpet blast! Declare to my people their rebellion and to Jacob’s tribes their sin!

Isaiah 64:6

We have all become contaminated with sin, and you see our self-righteousness as nothing better than a menstrual rag. We are all like fallen leaves, and our sins sweep us away like the wind.

Jeremiah 3:1

Here’s what Yahweh says: “If a man divorces his wife and she marries another, would he return to her again? Doing that would thoroughly defile the land. And you, Israel, have prostituted yourself with many lovers, yet now you want to come back to me? I, Yahweh, have spoken.

Jeremiah 3:8

She saw me give unfaithful Israel her divorce papers and send her away because of her continued adultery. Her treacherous sister, Judah, likewise had no fear; she, too, acted like a prostitute.

Jeremiah 4:18

“You have brought this on yourself by your deeds and your lifestyle. Your evil and your bitterness have reached your heart. This is your doom!”

Matthew 18:25

When his servant was unable to repay his debt, the king ordered that he be sold as a slave along with his wife and children and every possession they owned as payment toward his debt.