Isaiah 50

It took me about 3 minutes to read this passage. When God punishes us is there anyone who can restore us? Only God himself.
In verse 2 God proclaims his power and his strength. A strength that isn't totally defined by what we see in the world around us. Judah was going to witness the "defeat" of the armies of God. But I would not be an arbitrary defeat on the battle-field; God had it planned. But God has also planned a reversal of the defeat he will orchastrate. Those evil men act out their vileness before God, their actions play right into God's plans. And when we suceed in our devine actions or follow God's path into righteousness he is glorified in each of those as well.
Stuart