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14 the anger of the Lord flared up against Israel, and he delivered them into the power of plunderers who despoiled them. He sold them into the power of the enemies around them, and they were no longer able to withstand their enemies.

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Chapter 50

Salvation Through the Lord’s Servant

    Thus says the Lord:
Where is the bill of divorce
    with which I dismissed your mother?[a]
Or to which of my creditors
    have I sold you?
It was for your sins you were sold,
    for your rebellions your mother was dismissed.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 50:1 Responding to the people’s complaint of utter abandonment by God, the prophet asserts that their sins were responsible for their banishment. Since there was no bill of divorce, the bond between the Lord and his people still exists and he has the power to deliver them (v. 2).

    For thus says the Lord:
For nothing you were sold,
    without money you shall be redeemed.

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