Isaiah 50:11

11 But all of you are kindlers of fire, lighters of firebrands. Walk in the flame of your fire, and among the brands that you have kindled! This is what you shall have from my hand: you shall lie down in torment.

Isaiah 50:11 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 50:11

Behold, all ye that kindle a fire
To enlighten and warm yourselves; who, rejecting Christ the Light of the world, and despising the glorious light of his Gospel, and loving darkness rather than light, set up the light of nature and reason as the rule of faith and practice; or the traditions and doctrines of men to be guided by; or their own righteousness for their justification before God, and acceptance with him: that compass yourselves about with sparks,
that fly out of the fire kindled, or are struck out of a flint, which have little light and no heat, and are soon out; which may denote the short lived pleasures and comforts which are had from the creature, or from anything of a man's own: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled;
an ironical expression, bidding them take all the comfort and satisfaction they could in their own works and doings, and get all the light and heat they could from thence: this shall ye have of mine hand;
which you may depend upon receiving from me, for rejecting me and my righteousness, and trusting in your own: ye shall lie down in sorrow;
instead of being justified hereby, and having peace with God, and entering into heaven, ye shall be pressed down with sore distress, die in your sins, and enter into an everlasting state of condemnation and death; see ( Mark 16:16 ) . This was the case and state of the Jews, ( Romans 9:31 Romans 9:32 ) ( 10:3 ) ( John 8:24 ) ( John 3:19 John 3:20 ) . This is one of the passages the Jews F7 say is repeated by the company of angels, which meet a wicked man at death.


FOOTNOTES:

F7 T. Bab. Cetubot, fol. 104. 1.

Isaiah 50:11 In-Context

9 It is the Lord God who helps me; who will declare me guilty? All of them will wear out like a garment; the moth will eat them up.
10 Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the voice of his servant, who walks in darkness and has no light, yet trusts in the name of the Lord and relies upon his God?
11 But all of you are kindlers of fire, lighters of firebrands. Walk in the flame of your fire, and among the brands that you have kindled! This is what you shall have from my hand: you shall lie down in torment.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Syr: Heb [you gird yourselves with firebrands]
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