Isaiah
50
- This is what the LORD says: "Where is
your mother's certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which
of my creditors did I sell you? Because of your sins you were sold; because
of your transgressions your mother was sent away.
- When I came, why was there no one? When I
called, why was there no one to answer? Was my arm too short to ransom you?
Do I lack the strength to rescue you? By a mere rebuke I dry up the sea, I
turn rivers into a desert; their fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.
- I clothe the sky with darkness and make sackcloth
its covering."
- The Sovereign LORD has given me an instructed
tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by
morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being taught.
- The Sovereign LORD has opened my ears, and
I have not been rebellious; I have not drawn back.
- I offered my back to those who beat me, my
cheeks to those who pulled out my beard; I did not hide my face from mocking
and spitting.
- Because the Sovereign LORD helps me, I will
not be disgraced. Therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know I will
not be put to shame.
- He who vindicates me is near. Who then will
bring charges against me? Let us face each other! Who is my accuser? Let him
confront me !
- It is the Sovereign LORD who helps me. Who
is he that will condemn me? They will all wear out like a garment; the moths
will eat them up.
- Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the
word of his servant? Let him who walks in the dark, who has no light, trust
in the name of the LORD and rely on his God.
- But now, all you who light fires and provide
yourselves with flaming torches, go, walk in the light of your fires and of
the torches you have set ablaze. This is what you shall receive from my hand:
You will lie down in torment.
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