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Isaiah 50:1

This is what the LORD says: “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.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
כֹּ֣ה׀kohthusH3541 →
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֵ֣י'eiwhere?H335 →
זֶ֠הzehthisH2088 →
סֵ֣פֶרSe.fer[is] [the] document ofH5612 →
כְּרִית֤וּתke.ri.Tut[the] divorce ofH3748 →
אִמְּכֶם֙'i.me.Khemmother yourH517 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
שִׁלַּחְתִּ֔יהָshi.lach.Ti.haI sent away herH7971 →
א֚וֹ'oorH176 →
מִ֣יmiwho?H4310 →
מִנּוֹשַׁ֔יmi.no.Shai[is one] of creditors myH5383 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whomH834 →
מָכַ֥רְתִּיma.Khar.tiI soldH4376 →
אֶתְכֶ֖ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853 →
ל֑וֹloto <the> him
הֵ֤ןhenhere!H2005 →
בַּעֲוֹנֹֽתֵיכֶם֙ba.'a.vo.no.tei.Khemfor iniquities yourH5771 →
נִמְכַּרְתֶּ֔םnim.kar.Temyou were soldH4376 →
וּבְפִשְׁעֵיכֶ֖םu.ve.fish.'ei.Khemand for transgressions yourH6588 →
שֻׁלְּחָ֥הshu.le.Chahshe was sent awayH7971 →
אִמְּכֶֽם׃'i.me.Khemmother yourH517 →

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Deuteronomy 32:30How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?Jeremiah 3:8She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.Matthew 18:25Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned.Isaiah 59:2But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.Nehemiah 5:5We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”2 Kings 4:1Now the wife of one of the sons of the prophets cried out to Elisha, “Your servant, my husband, is dead, and you know that your servant feared the LORD. And now his creditor is coming to take my two children as his slaves!”Hosea 2:2Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.Isaiah 52:3For this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.”Deuteronomy 24:1If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.Ecclesiastes 7:10Do not say, “Why were the old days better than these?” For it is unwise of you to ask about this.Mark 10:4They answered, “Moses permitted a man to write his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away.”Hosea 2:2–4Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.Deuteronomy 24:1–4If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.Romans 7:14We know that the law is spiritual; but I am unspiritual, sold as a slave to sin.Revelation 18:13of cinnamon, spice, incense, myrrh, and frankincense; of wine, olive oil, fine flour, and wheat; of cattle, sheep, horses, and chariots; of slaves and souls of men.Malachi 2:16“For I hate divorce,” says the LORD, the God of Israel. “He who divorces his wife covers his garment with violence,” says the LORD of Hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit and do not break faith.Jeremiah 3:1“If a man divorces his wife and she leaves him to marry another, can he ever return to her? Would not such a land be completely defiled? But you have played the harlot with many lovers—and you would return to Me?” declares the LORD.Psalms 44:12You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.

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