CHAPTER 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?
Look,
you were sold
for your iniquities,
and for your transgressions
your mother
was sent away.
Why
was no
one there
when I arrived?
Why did no one
answer
when I called?
Is My hand
too short
to redeem you?
Or
do I lack
the strength
to deliver you?
Behold,
My rebuke
dries up
the sea;
I turn the rivers
into
a desert;
the fish
rot
for lack
of water
and they die
of thirst.
The Lord
GOD
has given Me
the tongue
of discipleship,
to sustain
the weary
with a word.
He awakens Me
morning
by morning;
He awakens
My ear
to listen
as a disciple.
I offered
My back
to those who struck Me,
and My cheeks
to those who tore out My beard.
I did not
hide
My face
from scorn
and spittle.
Because the Lord
GOD
helps
Me,
I have not
been disgraced;
therefore
I have set
My face
like flint,
and I know
I will not
be put to shame.
The One who vindicates
Me is near.
Who
will dare to contend
with Me?
Let us confront
each other!
Who
has a case against Me?
Let him approach
Me!
Surely
the Lord
GOD
helps
Me.
Who
is there
to condemn Me?
See,
they will all
wear out
like a garment;
the moths
will devour them.
Who
among you
fears
the LORD
and obeys
the voice
of His Servant?
Who
among you walks
in darkness
and has no
light?
Let him trust
in the name
of the LORD;
let him lean
on his God.
Behold,
all
you who kindle
a fire,
who array yourselves
with firebrands,
walk
in the light
of your fire
and in the firebrands
you have lit!
This
is what you will receive
from My hand:
You will lie down
in a place of torment.