Isa 50:2 | MHM | STEP | v. 2 : God charges Israel with being the cause of their own troubles. For your iniquities you have sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away (Isaiah 50:1 ). They were punished not because God wanted to harm them, but because they chose sin. They ignored God’s warnings and rejected his prophets (2 Chronicles 12:5,8 ). Their own choices led to their captivity and suffering.

‏ Isaiah 50:2

v. 2: God charges Israel with being the cause of their own troubles. For your iniquities you have sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away (Isaiah 50:1 ^a). They were punished not because God wanted to harm them, but because they chose sin. They ignored God’s warnings and rejected his prophets (2 Chronicles 12:5,8 ^b). Their own choices led to their captivity and suffering.