Israel’s Sin
This is what the LORD says: Deu 32:30Jer 3:8Mat 18:252Ki 4:1Neh 5:5Isa 52:3Deu 24:1-4Hos 2:2-4
“Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce
with which I sent her away?
Or to which of My creditors
did I sell you?
Look, you were sold for your iniquities,
and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
Why was no one there when I arrived? Isa 59:1Isa 66:4Num 11:23Jos 3:16Gen 18:14Pro 1:24Exo 14:21Exo 7:21
Why did no one answer when I called?
Is My hand too short to redeem you?
Or do I lack the strength to deliver you?
Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea;
I turn the rivers into a desert;
the fish rot for lack of water
and die of thirst.
I clothe the heavens in black Rev 6:12Psa 18:11-12Exo 10:21Mat 27:45
and make sackcloth their covering.”
The Servant’s Obedience
(Matthew 27:27–31; Mark 15:16–20; Luke 22:63–65; John 19:1–15)
The Lord GOD has given Me Luk 21:15Jer 1:9Exo 4:11-12Jhn 7:15-17Pro 25:11Pro 15:23Psa 143:8Psa 119:147
the tongue of discipleship,
to sustain the weary with a word.
He awakens Me morning by morning;
He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
The Lord GOD has opened My ears, Jhn 14:31Heb 5:8Isa 35:5Php 2:8Jhn 8:29Isa 48:8Jhn 15:10Mat 26:39
and I have not been rebellious,
nor have I turned back.
I offered My back to those who struck Me, Mat 26:67Mrk 14:65Mrk 15:19Luk 22:63-64Mat 27:30Isa 53:5Lam 3:30Jhn 18:22
and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard.
I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
Because the Lord GOD helps Me, Heb 13:6Ezk 3:8-9Jhn 16:33Isa 42:1Rom 1:16Luk 9:51Psa 89:21-271Pe 4:16
I have not been disgraced;
therefore I have set My face like flint,
and I know that I will not be put to shame.
The One who vindicates Me is near. Rom 8:32-34Isa 41:1Rev 12:10Isa 41:21Isa 43:261Ti 3:16Deu 19:17Exo 22:9
Who will dare to contend with Me?
Let us confront each other!
Who has a case against Me?
Let him approach Me!
Surely the Lord GOD helps Me. Job 13:28Heb 1:11-12Isa 41:10Psa 102:26Isa 51:6-8Psa 39:11
Who is there to condemn Me?
See, they will all wear out like a garment;
the moths will devour them.
Who among you fears the LORD Jhn 12:46Isa 26:3-4Mic 7:7-9Jhn 8:12Psa 23:4Psa 27:13-14Lam 3:25-26Psa 25:14
and obeys the voice of His Servant?
Who among you walks in darkness
and has no light?
Let him trust in the name of the LORD;
let him lean on his God.
Behold, all you who kindle a fire, Jer 17:5-7Rom 1:21-22Jhn 8:24Rom 10:3Mat 15:6-8Psa 20:7-8Isa 28:15-20Jon 2:8
who array yourselves with firebrands,
walk in the light of your fire
and of the firebrands you have lit!
This is what you will receive from My hand:
You will lie down in a place of torment.