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Isaiah 37:30

Context

37:30 1 “This will be your reminder that I have spoken the truth: 2  This year you will eat what grows wild, 3  and next year 4  what grows on its own. But the year after that 5  you will plant seed and harvest crops; you will plant vines and consume their produce. 6 

Isaiah 49:21

Context

49:21 Then you will think to yourself, 7 

‘Who bore these children for me?

I was bereaved and barren,

dismissed and divorced. 8 

Who raised these children?

Look, I was left all alone;

where did these children come from?’”

Isaiah 50:1

Context

50:1 This is what the Lord says:

“Where is your mother’s divorce certificate

by which I divorced her?

Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? 9 

Look, you were sold because of your sins; 10 

because of your rebellious acts I divorced your mother. 11 

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[37:30]  1 tn At this point the word concerning the king of Assyria (vv. 22-29) ends and the Lord again addresses Hezekiah and the people directly (see v. 21).

[37:30]  2 tn Heb “and this is your sign.” In this case the אוֹת (’ot, “sign”) is a future reminder of God’s intervention designated before the actual intervention takes place. For similar “signs” see Exod 3:12 and Isa 7:14-25.

[37:30]  3 sn This refers to crops that grew up on their own (that is, without cultivation) from the seed planted in past years.

[37:30]  4 tn Heb “and in the second year” (so ASV).

[37:30]  5 tn Heb “in the third year” (so KJV, NAB).

[37:30]  6 tn The four plural imperatival verb forms in v. 30b are used rhetorically. The Lord commands the people to plant, harvest, etc. to emphasize the certainty of restored peace and prosperity.

[49:21]  7 tn Heb “and you will say in your heart.”

[49:21]  8 tn Or “exiled and thrust away”; NIV “exiled and rejected.”

[50:1]  13 sn The Lord challenges the exiles (Zion’s children) to bring incriminating evidence against him. The rhetorical questions imply that Israel accused the Lord of divorcing his wife (Zion) and selling his children (the Israelites) into slavery to pay off a debt.

[50:1]  14 sn The Lord admits that he did sell the Israelites, but it was because of their sins, not because of some debt he owed. If he had sold them to a creditor, they ought to be able to point him out, but the preceding rhetorical question implies they would not be able to do so.

[50:1]  15 sn The Lord admits he did divorce Zion, but that too was the result of the nation’s sins. The force of the earlier rhetorical question comes into clearer focus now. The question does not imply that a certificate does not exist and that no divorce occurred. Rather, the question asks for the certificate to be produced so the accuser can see the reason for the divorce in black and white. The Lord did not put Zion away arbitrarily.



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