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This is what you shall receive from my hand: You will lie down in torment. <a href="/nlt/isaiah/50.htm">New Living Translation</a> But watch out, you who live in your own light and warm yourselves by your own fires. This is the reward you will receive from me: You will soon fall down in great torment. <a href="/esv/isaiah/50.htm">English Standard Version</a> Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who equip yourselves with burning torches! Walk by the light of your fire, and by the torches that you have kindled! This you have from my hand: you shall lie down in torment. <a href="/bsb/isaiah/50.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Behold, all you who kindle a fire, 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. <a href="/kjv/isaiah/50.htm">King James Bible</a> Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow. <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/50.htm">New King James Version</a> Look, all you who kindle a fire, Who encircle yourselves with sparks: Walk in the light of your fire and in the sparks you have kindled— This you shall have from My hand: You shall lie down in torment. <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/50.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Behold, all you who kindle a fire, Who encircle yourselves with flaming arrows, Walk in the light of your fire And among the flaming arrows you have set ablaze. This you will have from My hand: You will lie down in torment. <a href="/nasb/isaiah/50.htm">NASB 1995</a> Behold, all you who kindle a fire, Who encircle yourselves with firebrands, Walk in the light of your fire And among the brands you have set ablaze. This you will have from My hand: You will lie down in torment. <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/50.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Behold, all you who kindle a fire, Who encircle yourselves with firebrands, Walk in the light of your fire And among the brands you have set ablaze. This you will have from My hand; And you will lie down in torment. <a href="/lsb/isaiah/50.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Behold, all you who kindle a fire, Who gird yourselves with firebrands, Walk in the light of your fire And among the brands you have set ablaze. This you will have from My hand: You will lie down in torment. <a href="/amp/isaiah/50.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Listen carefully, all you who kindle your own fire [devising your own man-made plan of salvation], Who surround yourselves with torches, Walk by the light of your [self-made] fire And among the torches that you have set ablaze. But this you will have from My hand: You will lie down in [a place of] torment. <a href="/csb/isaiah/50.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Look, all you who kindle a fire, who encircle yourselves with torches; walk in the light of your fire and of the torches you have lit! This is what you’ll get from my hand: you will lie down in a place of torment. <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/50.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Look, all you who kindle a fire, who encircle yourselves with firebrands; walk in the light of your fire and in the firebrands you have lit! This is what you&#8217ll get from My hand: you will lie down in a place of torment. <a href="/asv/isaiah/50.htm">American Standard Version</a> Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that gird yourselves about with firebrands; walk ye in the flame of your fire, and among the brands that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of my hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow. <a href="/cev/isaiah/50.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Go ahead and walk in the light of the fires you have set. But with his own hand, the LORD will punish you and make you suffer. <a href="/erv/isaiah/50.htm">English Revised Version</a> Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that gird yourselves about with firebrands: walk ye in the flame of your fire, and among the brands that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow. <a href="/gwt/isaiah/50.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> But all of you light fires and arm yourselves with flaming torches. So walk in your own light and among the torches you have lit. This is what you will receive from me: You will be tormented. <a href="/gnt/isaiah/50.htm">Good News Translation</a> All of you that plot to destroy others will be destroyed by your own plots. The LORD himself will make this happen; you will suffer a miserable fate. <a href="/isv/isaiah/50.htm">International Standard Version</a> Look! All those who light a fire, who surround yourselves with flaming torches— walk by the light of your fire, and by the torches that you have set ablaze! This is what you will receive from my hand: you will lie down in torment. <a href="/msb/isaiah/50.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Behold, all you who kindle a fire, 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. <a href="/net/isaiah/50.htm">NET Bible</a> Look, all of you who start a fire and who equip yourselves with flaming arrows, walk in the light of the fire you started and among the flaming arrows you ignited! This is what you will receive from me: you will lie down in a place of pain. <a href="/nheb/isaiah/50.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Look, all you who kindle a fire, who adorn yourselves with torches around yourselves; walk in the light of your fire, and among the torches that you have kindled. You shall have this of my hand; you shall lie down in sorrow. <a href="/wbt/isaiah/50.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that encompass yourselves with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of my hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow. <a href="/web/isaiah/50.htm">World English Bible</a> Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who adorn yourselves with torches around yourselves, walk in the flame of your fire, and among the torches that you have kindled. You will have this from my hand: you will lie down in sorrow. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/50.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Behold, all you kindling a fire, girding on sparks, "" Walk in the light of your fire, "" And in the sparks you have caused to burn, "" This has been to you from My hand, "" You lie down in grief!” <a href="/ylt/isaiah/50.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Lo, all ye kindling a fire, girding on sparks, Walk ye in the light of your fire, And in the sparks ye have caused to burn, From my hand hath this been to you, In grief ye lie down! <a href="/slt/isaiah/50.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Behold, all ye kindling a fire, girding yourselves with fiery darts: go ye in the light of your fire, and in the fiery darts ye kindled. From my hand was this to you; ye shall lie down for sorrow.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/50.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Behold all you that kindle a fire, encompassed with dames, walk in the light of your fire, and in the dames which you have kindled: this is done to you by my hand, you shall sleep in sorrows. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/50.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Behold, all you who kindle a fire, wrapped in flames: walk in the light of your fire and in the flames that you have kindled. This has been done to you by my hand. You will sleep in anguish. <a href="/nabre/isaiah/50.htm">New American Bible</a> All you who kindle flames and set flares alight, Walk by the light of your own fire and by the flares you have burnt! This is your fate from my hand: you shall lie down in a place of torment. <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/50.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> 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.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/50.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Behold, all of you are like kindling wood and the sparks of the kindling. Walk in the light of your fire and in the sparks that you have kindled. This shall you have of my hands: you shall lie down in sorrow. <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/50.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Behold, all of you set me a fire and kindle me flames. Go in the brightness of your fire and in the flames that you have kindled; from my hands you shall encounter this: “You shall lie down in sorrow” <div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/50.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, That gird yourselves with firebrands, Begone in the flame of your fire, And among the brands that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of My hand; Ye shall lie down in sorrow. <a href="/sep/isaiah/50.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Behold, ye all kindle a fire, and feed a flame: walk in the light of your fire, and in the flame which ye have kindled. This has happened to you for my sake; ye shall lie down in sorrow. <a href="/parallel/isaiah/50-11.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=11369" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/50.htm">The Servant's Obedience</a> …10Who among you fears the LORD 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. 11<a href="/hebrew/2005.htm" title="2005: hên (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! A primitive particle; lo!; also if.">Behold,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kul·lə·ḵem (N-msc:: 2mp) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/6919.htm" title="6919: qō·ḏə·ḥê (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To be kindled, kindle. A primitive root to inflame.">you who kindle</a> <a href="/hebrew/784.htm" title="784: ’êš (N-cs) -- A fire. A primitive word; fire.">a fire,</a> <a href="/hebrew/247.htm" title="247: mə·’az·zə·rê (V-Piel-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To gird, encompass, equip. A primitive root; to belt.">who array yourselves</a> <a href="/hebrew/2131.htm" title="2131: zî·qō·wṯ (N-fp) -- (Isa. 'Abiyshuwae:; and ziq; or zeq; from zanaq; properly, what leaps forth, i.e. Flash of fire, or a burning arrow; also a bond.">with firebrands,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: lə·ḵū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">walk</a> <a href="/hebrew/217.htm" title="217: bə·’ūr (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A flame. From 'owr; flame; hence the East.">in the light</a> <a href="/hebrew/784.htm" title="784: ’eš·ḵem (N-csc:: 2mp) -- A fire. A primitive word; fire.">of your fire</a> <a href="/hebrew/2131.htm" title="2131: ū·ḇə·zî·qō·wṯ (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-fp) -- (Isa. 'Abiyshuwae:; and ziq; or zeq; from zanaq; properly, what leaps forth, i.e. Flash of fire, or a burning arrow; also a bond.">and of the firebrands</a> <a href="/hebrew/1197.htm" title="1197: bi·‘ar·tem (V-Piel-Perf-2mp) -- To kindle, consume, to be, brutish. A primitive root; to kindle, i.e. Consume; also to be(-come) brutish.">you have lit!</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: zōṯ (Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">This is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yə·ṯāh- (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will receive</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: mî·yā·ḏî (Prep-m:: N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">from My hand:</a> <a href="/hebrew/7901.htm" title="7901: tiš·kā·ḇūn (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp:: Pn) -- To lie down. A primitive root; to lie down.">You will lie down</a> <a href="/hebrew/4620.htm" title="4620: lə·ma·‘ă·ṣê·ḇāh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- A place of pain. From atsab; anguish.">in a place of torment.</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/proverbs/26-18.htm">Proverbs 26:18-19</a> Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows, / so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!” <a href="/job/18-5.htm">Job 18:5-6</a> Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow. / The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out. <a href="/psalms/18-28.htm">Psalm 18:28</a> For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness. <a href="/psalms/20-7.htm">Psalm 20:7-8</a> Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God. / They collapse and fall, but we rise up and stand firm. <a href="/psalms/118-8.htm">Psalm 118:8-9</a> It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man. / It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes. <a href="/jeremiah/17-5.htm">Jeremiah 17:5-6</a> This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD. / He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives. <a href="/ezekiel/13-3.htm">Ezekiel 13:3-4</a> This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit yet have seen nothing. / Your prophets, O Israel, are like foxes among the ruins. <a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm">Ezekiel 13:10-11</a> Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built, / tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth. <a href="/malachi/4-1.htm">Malachi 4:1</a> “For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.” <a href="/matthew/7-26.htm">Matthew 7:26-27</a> But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. / The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!” <a href="/matthew/25-1.htm">Matthew 25:1-13</a> “At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom. / Five of them were foolish, and five were wise. / The foolish ones took their lamps but did not take along any extra oil. ... <a href="/luke/6-49.htm">Luke 6:49</a> But the one who hears My words and does not act on them is like a man who built his house on ground without a foundation. The torrent crashed against that house, and immediately it fell—and great was its destruction!” <a href="/john/3-19.htm">John 3:19-20</a> And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil. / Everyone who does evil hates the Light, and does not come into the Light for fear that his deeds will be exposed. <a href="/john/9-39.htm">John 9:39-41</a> Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.” / Some of the Pharisees who were with Him heard this, and they asked Him, “Are we blind too?” / “If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.” <a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-22</a> For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Behold, all you that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that you have kindled. This shall you have of my hand; you shall lie down in sorrow.all ye<a href="/isaiah/28-15.htm">Isaiah 28:15-20</a> Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: … <a href="/isaiah/30-15.htm">Isaiah 30:15,16</a> For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not… <a href="/isaiah/55-2.htm">Isaiah 55:2</a> Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.walk<a href="/exodus/11-9.htm">Exodus 11:9,10</a> And the LORD said unto Moses, Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you; that my wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt… <a href="/ezekiel/20-39.htm">Ezekiel 20:39</a> As for you, O house of Israel, thus saith the Lord GOD; Go ye, serve ye every one his idols, and hereafter also, if ye will not hearken unto me: but pollute ye my holy name no more with your gifts, and with your idols.<a href="/amos/4-4.htm">Amos 4:4,5</a> Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, and your tithes after three years: … this shall<a href="/john/9-39.htm">John 9:39</a> And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.ye shall<a href="/isaiah/8-22.htm">Isaiah 8:22</a> And they shall look unto the earth; and behold trouble and darkness, dimness of anguish; and they shall be driven to darkness.<a href="/isaiah/65-13.htm">Isaiah 65:13-16</a> Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: … <a href="/psalms/16-4.htm">Psalm 16:4</a> Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/43-2.htm">Ablaze</a> <a href="/isaiah/34-14.htm">Alight</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-7.htm">Begone</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-13.htm">Brands</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-13.htm">Compass</a> <a href="/isaiah/29-3.htm">Encircle</a> <a href="/psalms/142-7.htm">Encompass</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-10.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-4.htm">Firebrands</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-16.htm">Fires</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-14.htm">Flame</a> <a href="/isaiah/4-5.htm">Flaming</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-18.htm">Gird</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-2.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-2.htm">Kindle</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-16.htm">Kindled</a> <a href="/isaiah/44-20.htm">Lie</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-10.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/proverbs/26-18.htm">Sparks</a> <a href="/job/41-19.htm">Torches</a> <a href="/job/19-2.htm">Torment</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-2.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-1.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/64-2.htm">Ablaze</a> <a href="/luke/12-35.htm">Alight</a> <a href="/matthew/4-10.htm">Begone</a> <a href="/galatians/6-17.htm">Brands</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-22.htm">Compass</a> <a href="/psalms/22-12.htm">Encircle</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-22.htm">Encompass</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-16.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/judges/15-4.htm">Firebrands</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-9.htm">Fires</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-16.htm">Flame</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-3.htm">Flaming</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-17.htm">Gird</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-16.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-18.htm">Kindle</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-16.htm">Kindled</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-20.htm">Lie</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-11.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/job/5-7.htm">Sparks</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-13.htm">Torches</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-20.htm">Torment</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-23.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-3.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 50</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/50-1.htm">Christ shows Israel's Sin is not to be imputed to him, </a> 2. <a href="/isaiah/50-2.htm">by his ability to save</a> 5. <a href="/isaiah/50-5.htm">By his obedience in that work</a> 7. <a href="/isaiah/50-7.htm">And by his confidence in that assistance</a> 10. <a href="/isaiah/50-10.htm">An exhortation to trust in God, and not in ourselves</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the biblical context, fire often symbolizes judgment or divine presence. Here, it represents human attempts to create their own light or guidance, contrasting with the divine light provided by God. This self-reliance is a recurring theme in Scripture, as seen in <a href="/proverbs/3-5.htm">Proverbs 3:5-6</a>, which advises trusting in the Lord rather than one's own understanding.who array yourselves with firebrands Firebrands are burning sticks or torches, symbolizing the tools or means by which people attempt to illuminate their own path. This imagery suggests a false sense of security and self-sufficiency. Historically, firebrands were used for light and warmth, but they also posed a risk of destruction if not handled properly. This reflects the danger of relying on human wisdom, as seen in the story of the Tower of Babel (<a href="/genesis/11.htm">Genesis 11:1-9</a>), where human ambition led to confusion and dispersion.walk in the light of your fire and of the firebrands you have lit! This phrase highlights the choice to follow one's own guidance rather than God's. Walking in one's own light is a metaphor for living according to personal desires and understanding, which often leads to spiritual blindness. The Bible frequently contrasts human wisdom with divine wisdom, as in <a href="/1_corinthians/1-25.htm">1 Corinthians 1:25</a>, where God's foolishness is wiser than human wisdom. This self-directed path is ultimately futile, as it lacks the true light of God's guidance.This is what you will receive from My hand: God's hand symbolizes His power and authority. The phrase indicates that the consequences of relying on self-made light are divinely ordained. Throughout Scripture, God's hand is associated with both judgment and deliverance, as seen in <a href="/exodus/7-5.htm">Exodus 7:5</a>, where God uses His hand to bring judgment upon Egypt and deliver Israel. Here, it emphasizes that the outcome of self-reliance is not arbitrary but a direct result of divine justice.You will lie down in a place of torment. This phrase serves as a warning of the ultimate consequence of rejecting God's guidance. Lying down suggests a finality or rest, but in this context, it is a rest in torment, indicating suffering and regret. The imagery of torment is consistent with biblical descriptions of judgment and separation from God, as seen in <a href="/luke/16-23.htm">Luke 16:23</a>, where the rich man experiences torment in Hades. This serves as a sobering reminder of the eternal consequences of choosing one's own path over God's.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/i/isaiah.htm">Isaiah</a> A major prophet in the Old Testament, Isaiah is the author of the book that bears his name. He prophesied to the Kingdom of Judah and spoke of both judgment and redemption. 2. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, often the primary audience of Isaiah's prophecies. They were warned against idolatry and self-reliance. 3. <a href="/topical/f/firebrands.htm">Firebrands</a> Symbolic of human efforts and self-reliance, representing the actions of those who trust in their own light rather than God's guidance. 4. <a href="/topical/t/torment.htm">Torment</a> The consequence of relying on one's own understanding and rejecting God's light, leading to spiritual and possibly physical suffering.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/self-reliance_vs._god-reliance.htm">Self-Reliance vs. God-Reliance</a> The passage warns against the dangers of relying on our own wisdom and efforts instead of seeking God's guidance. True wisdom and safety come from walking in God's light. <a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_rejecting_god's_light.htm">Consequences of Rejecting God's Light</a> Choosing to walk in our own light leads to spiritual darkness and torment. This serves as a reminder of the importance of aligning our lives with God's will. <a href="/topical/t/the_illusion_of_control.htm">The Illusion of Control</a> Human efforts to control and illuminate our path are ultimately futile without God's direction. We must surrender our perceived control to God's sovereign plan. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a> This verse serves as a call to repentance for those who have strayed from God's path, encouraging a return to reliance on His light and truth.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_50.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 50</a> <a href="/q/how_does_the_bible_view_evil.htm">How does the Bible explain evil and suffering?</a> <a href="/q/1_sam_18_10__how_can_god_send_an_evil_spirit.htm">1 Samuel 18:10: How can an 'evil spirit from God' coexist with the belief in a loving deity, and does this contradict other scriptural portrayals of God?</a> <a href="/q/why_would_god_send_an_'evil_spirit'.htm">In 1 Samuel 16:14, why would God send an 'evil spirit' to torment Saul, contradicting the idea of a benevolent deity?</a> <a href="/q/is_'plowers_plowing'_literal_or_metaphorical.htm">Is the imagery of 'plowers plowing' on the Psalmist's back (Psalm 129:3) meant to be literal or metaphorical, and how do we reconcile it with scientific or historical plausibility?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/50.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(11) All ye that kindle a fire.--The words obviously point to any human substitute for the Divine light, and thus include the two meanings which commentators have given them: (1) Man's fiery wrath, that worketh not the righteousness of God; and (2) man's attempt to rest in earthly comforts or enjoyments instead of in the light and joy that comes from God.That compass yourselves about with sparks.--The words are rendered by many commentators, gird yourselves with burning darts, or firebrands, i.e., with calumnies and execrations as your weapons of warfare (Comp. <a href="/ephesians/6-16.htm" title="Above all, taking the shield of faith, with which you shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.">Ephesians 6:16</a>.)Ye shall lie down in sorrow.--The words point to a death of anguish, perhaps to the torment that follows death (comp. <a href="/luke/16-24.htm" title="And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.">Luke 16:24</a>), as the outcome of the substitution of the earthly for the heavenly light.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/50.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 11. - All ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks; or, with firebrands. The persons intended seem to be those whose "tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity" (<a href="/james/3-6.htm">James 3:6</a>), and who by means of it are employed in "stirring up strife all the day long." They are condemned to be scorched by the fire which they have themselves kindled, to be made wretched by the strife which they have themselves caused to spring up. Their end, moreover, will be to lie down in sorrow; or, in torture (Cheyne). God will punish them in the next world for the misery which they have brought about in this, and will thus exercise retributive justice upon the wicked ones, whose main object in life has been to embitter the lives of their fellow-men. <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/50-11.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Behold, הֵ֧ן (hên) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2005.htm">Strong's 2005: </a> Lo! behold! all כֻּלְּכֶ֛ם (kul·lə·ḵem) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every you who kindle קֹ֥דְחֵי (qō·ḏə·ḥê) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6919.htm">Strong's 6919: </a> To be kindled, kindle a fire, אֵ֖שׁ (’êš) Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_784.htm">Strong's 784: </a> A fire who array yourselves מְאַזְּרֵ֣י (mə·’az·zə·rê) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_247.htm">Strong's 247: </a> To gird, encompass, equip with firebrands, זִיק֑וֹת (zî·qō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2131.htm">Strong's 2131: </a> What leaps forth, flash of fire, a burning arrow, a bond walk לְכ֣וּ ׀ (lə·ḵū) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk in the light בְּא֣וּר (bə·’ūr) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_217.htm">Strong's 217: </a> Flame, the East of your fire אֶשְׁכֶ֗ם (’eš·ḵem) Noun - common singular construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_784.htm">Strong's 784: </a> A fire and in the firebrands וּבְזִיקוֹת֙ (ū·ḇə·zî·qō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2131.htm">Strong's 2131: </a> What leaps forth, flash of fire, a burning arrow, a bond you have lit! בִּֽעַרְתֶּ֔ם (bi·‘ar·tem) Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1197.htm">Strong's 1197: </a> To kindle, consume, to be, brutish This זֹּ֣את (zōṯ) Pronoun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, is what you will receive הָיְתָה־ (hā·yə·ṯāh-) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be from My hand: מִיָּדִי֙ (mî·yā·ḏî) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand You will lie down תִּשְׁכָּבֽוּן׃ (tiš·kā·ḇūn) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7901.htm">Strong's 7901: </a> To lie down in a place of torment. לְמַעֲצֵבָ֖ה (lə·ma·‘ă·ṣê·ḇāh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4620.htm">Strong's 4620: </a> A place of pain <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/50-11.htm">Isaiah 50:11 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/50-11.htm">Isaiah 50:11 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/50-11.htm">Isaiah 50:11 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/50-11.htm">Isaiah 50:11 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/50-11.htm">Isaiah 50:11 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/50-11.htm">Isaiah 50:11 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/50-11.htm">Isaiah 50:11 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/50-11.htm">Isaiah 50:11 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/50-11.htm">Isaiah 50:11 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/50-11.htm">Isaiah 50:11 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/50-11.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 50:11 Behold all you who kindle a fire (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/50-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 50:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 50:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/51-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 51:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 51:1" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>