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What does Isaiah 50:1 mean?

This is what the Lord says: 'Where’s your mother’s divorce certificate? Did I send her away? Or did I sell you to pay off a debt? No, you were sold because of your own wrongdoing, and your mother was sent away because of your sins.' Isaiah 50:1 - Modern Text Bible

(God isn’t the one who abandoned His people—they turned away from Him. Their suffering is the result of their own choices, not God’s rejection.)