Isaiah 50:1 meaning and explanation

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.

Isaiah 50:1, Berean Standard Bible

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The LORD speaks through Isaiah to exiles in Babylon, answering a complaint that He had abandoned them. Israel is pictured as a mother sent away with a divorce certificate, and the people as children sold to a creditor.

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