Chapter 50
Isaiah
Verse 1Thus says the LORD:“Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce,with which I sent her away?Or which of my creditors is itto whom I have sold you?Behold, for your iniquities you were sold,and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.Verse 2Why, when I came, was there no man;why, when I called, was there no one to answer?Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem?Or have I no power to deliver?Behold, by my rebuke I dry up the sea,I make the rivers a desert;their fish stink for lack of waterand die of thirst.Verse 3I clothe the heavens with blacknessand make sackcloth their covering.”Verse 4The Lord GOD has given methe tongue of those who are taught,that I may know how to sustain with a wordhim who is weary.Morning by morning he awakens;he awakens my earto hear as those who are taught.Verse 5The Lord GOD has opened my ear,and I was not rebellious;I turned not backward.Verse 6I gave my back to those who strike,and my cheeks to those who pull out the beard;I hid not my facefrom disgrace and spitting.Verse 7But the Lord GOD helps me;therefore I have not been disgraced;therefore I have set my face like a flint,and I know that I shall not be put to shame.Verse 8He who vindicates me is near.Who will contend with me?Let us stand up together.Who is my adversary?Let him come near to me.Verse 9Behold, the Lord GOD helps me;who will declare me guilty?Behold, all of them will wear out like a garment;the moth will eat them up.Verse 10Who among you fears the LORDand obeys the voice of his servant?Let him who walks in darknessand has no lighttrust in the name of the LORDand rely on his God.Verse 11Behold, all you who kindle a fire,who equip yourselves with burning torches!Walk by the light of your fire,and by the torches that you have kindled!This you have from my hand:you shall lie down in torment.
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