Isaiah 50:3

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

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Interpretation

Those who have professed to be people of God, and seem to be dealt severely with, are apt to complain, as if God had been hard with them. Here is an answer for such murmurings; God never deprived any of their advantages, except for their sins.

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This thought runs through Isaiah 50:1-3.

Isaiah 50:1 Isaiah 50:2 Isaiah 50:3

Glossary

Sackcloth People: Cloth made of black goats’ hair, coarse, rough, and thick, used for sacks, and also worn by mourners ( Gen. 37:34 ; 42:25 ; 2 Sam. 3:31 ; Esther 4:1 , 2; Ps. 30:11 , etc. ), and as a sign of repentance ( Matt. 11:21 ).