The Meaning of Isaiah 50:3 Explained

Isaiah 50:3

KJV: I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

YLT: I clothe the heavens with blackness, And sackcloth I make their covering.

Darby: I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

ASV: I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Isaiah 50:3?

MEANING: What does Isaiah 50:3 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Isaiah 50:3 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Isaiah 50:3?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

I clothe  the heavens  with blackness,  and I make  sackcloth  their covering. 

What does Isaiah 50:3 Mean?

Context Summary

Isaiah 50:1-11 - Help For Those Who Trust In Him
It is impossible for God to put away the soul that clings to Him in penitence and faith. Heaven and earth may be searched, but no bill of divorce can be found. See Deuteronomy 24:1. And He sends His great servant, our Lord, of whom this chapter is full, to deliver and assure our trembling faith.
Notice the difference in Isaiah 50:4, between the Authorized Version and the Revised Version which reads, Jehovah hath given me the tongue of them that are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him that is weary"¦. He wakeneth mine ear to hear as they that are taught. This quality of teachableness was primarily true of Jesus. It was the habit of His human life to listen to the secret teaching of the Father, breathed into His heart. See John 8:28; John 8:40. So also must we allow ourselves to be wakened by Him, each morning, that we also may know how to help men more efficiently and tenderly.
From the first, Jesus knew that He must die. See Mark 10:34. But He did not turn back. See Hebrews 10:5, etc. Was not His choice abundantly vindicated? The Father who justified Him was always near, John 8:29. See John 16:22. Let us who may be walking in darkness learn from our King to stay ourselves on God. [source]

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 50

1  Christ shows Israel's Sin is not to be imputed to him,
2  by his ability to save
5  By his obedience in that work
7  And by his confidence in that assistance
10  An exhortation to trust in God, and not in ourselves

What do the individual words in Isaiah 50:3 mean?

I clothe the heavens with blackness and sackcloth I make their covering -
אַלְבִּ֥ישׁ שָׁמַ֖יִם קַדְר֑וּת וְשַׂ֖ק אָשִׂ֥ים כְּסוּתָֽם ס

אַלְבִּ֥ישׁ  I  clothe 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: לָבַשׁ  
Sense: to dress, wear, clothe, put on clothing, be clothed.
שָׁמַ֖יִם  the  heavens 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַיִם  
Sense: heaven, heavens, sky.
קַדְר֑וּת  with  blackness 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: קַדְרוּת  
Sense: darkness, gloom.
וְשַׂ֖ק  and  sackcloth 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׂק  
Sense: mesh, sackcloth, sack, sacking.
אָשִׂ֥ים  I  make 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, first person common singular
Root: שׂוּמָה 
Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
כְּסוּתָֽם  their  covering 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: כְּסוּת  
Sense: covering, clothing.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation

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