Esaias 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. 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. ³ I will clothe the sky with darkness, and will make its covering as sackcloth.

⁴ ^[1]The Lord even God giveth me the tongue of instruction, to know when it is fit to speak a word: he hath appointed for me early, he hath given me an ear to hear: ⁵ and the instruction of the Lord, even the Lord, openeth mine ears, and I do not disobey, nor dispute. ⁶ I gave my back to scourges, and my cheeks to blows; and I turned not away my face from the shame of spitting: 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, ⁸ for he that hath justified me draweth near; who is he that pleadeth with me? let him stand up against me at the same time: yea, who is he that pleadeth with me? let him draw nigh to me. 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.

¹⁰ Who is among you that feareth 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. 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 hath happened to you for my sake; ye shall lie down in sorrow.

Notes

50:4 The Lord even God: Gr. the Lord the Lord. See on 3 Kgdms. 8:53 ↩