50:1 Thus saith the Lord, Of what kind is
your mother's bill of divorcement, by which I put her away? or to which
debtor have I sold you? Behold, ye are sold for your sins, and for your
iniquities have I put your mother away.
50:2 Why did I come, and there was no man? [why] did I call, and there was
none to hearken? Is not my hand strong to redeem? or can I not deliver?
behold, by my rebuke I will dry up the sea, and make rivers a wilderness;
and their fish shall be dried up because there is no water, and shall die
for thirst.
50:3 I will clothe the sky with darkness, and will make its covering as
sackcloth.
50:4 The Lord [even] God gives me the tongue of instruction, to know when it
is fit to speak a word: he has appointed for me early, he has given me an
ear to hear:
50:5 and the instruction of the Lord, even the Lord, opens mine ears, and I
do not disobey, nor dispute.
50:6 I gave my back to scourges, and my cheeks to blows; and I turned not
away my face from the shame of spitting:
50:7 but the Lord God became my helper; therefore I was not ashamed, but I
set my face as a solid rock; and I know that I shall never be ashamed,
50:8 for he that has justified me draws near; who is he that pleads with me?
let him stand up against me at the same time: yea, who is he that pleads
with me? let him draw nigh to me.
50:9 Behold, the Lord, the Lord, will help me; who will hurt me? behold, all
ye shall wax old as a garment, and a moth shall devour you.
50:10 Who is among you that fears the Lord? let him hearken to the voice of
his servant: ye that walk in darkness, and have no light, trust in the name
of the Lord, and stay upon God.
50:11 Behold, ye all kindle a fire, and feed a flame: walk in the light of
your fire, and in the flame which ye have kindled. This has happened to you
for my sake; ye shall lie down in sorrow. |
50:1 Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill
of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors
is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold
yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
50:2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none
to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no
power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a
wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for
thirst.
50:3 I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their
covering.
50:4 The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should
know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning
by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
50:5 The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither
turned away back.
50:6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off
the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
50:7 For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded:
therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be
ashamed.
50:8 He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand
together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.
50:9 Behold, the Lord GOD will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo,
they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up.
50:10 Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his
servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the
name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
50:11 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with
sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have
kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow. |