Chapter 50
1 The LORD says , " Where is the bill of your mother’s divorce , with which I have put her away ? Or to which of my creditors have I sold you ? Behold , you were sold for your iniquities , and your mother was put away for your transgressions .
2 Why , when I came , was there no one ? When I called , why was there no one to answer ? Is my hand shortened at all , that it can’t 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 stink because there is no water , and die of thirst .
3 I clothe the heavens with blackness . I make sackcloth their covering ."
4 The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught , that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary . He awakens morning by morning , he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught .
5 The Lord GOD has opened my ear. I was not rebellious . I have not turned back .
6 I gave my back to those who beat me , and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair . I didn’t hide my face from shame and spitting .
7 For the Lord GOD will help me . Therefore I have not been confounded . Therefore I have set my face like a flint , and I know that I won’t be disappointed.
8 He who justifies me is near . Who will bring charges against me ? Let us stand up together . Who is my adversary ? Let him come near to me .
9 Behold , the Lord GOD will help me ! Who is he who will condemn me ? Behold , they will all grow old like a garment. The moths will eat them up .
10 Who amongst you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of his servant ? He who walks in darkness and has no light , let him trust in the LORD ’s name , and rely on his God .
11 Behold , all you who kindle a fire, who adorn yourselves with torches around yourselves , walk in the flame of your fire, and amongst the torches that you have kindled . You will have this from my hand : you will lie down in sorrow .