1Thus saith559 the LORD3068, Where is the bill5612 of your mother's517 divorcement3748, whom I have put away7971? or which of my creditors5383 is it to whom I have sold4376 you? Behold, for your iniquities5771 have ye sold4376 yourselves, and for your transgressions6588 is your mother517 put away7971.
2Wherefore, when I came935, was there no man376? when I called7121, was there none to answer6030? Is my hand3027 shortened7114 at all7114, that it cannot redeem6304? or have I no power3581 to deliver5337? behold, at my rebuke1606 I dry up2717 the sea3220, I make7760 the rivers5104 a wilderness4057: their fish1710 stinketh887, because there is no water4325, and dieth4191 for thirst6772.
3I clothe3847 the heavens8064 with blackness6940, and I make7760 sackcloth8242 their covering3682.
4The Lord136 GOD3069 hath given5414 me the tongue3956 of the learned3928, that I should know3045 how to speak5790 a word1697 in season to him that is weary3287: he wakeneth5782 morning1242 by morning1242, he wakeneth5782 mine ear241 to hear8085 as the learned3928.
5The Lord136 GOD3069 hath opened6605 mine ear241, and I was not rebellious4784, neither turned away5472 back268.
6I gave5414 my back1460 to the smiters5221, and my cheeks3895 to them that plucked off4803 the hair: I hid5641 not my face6440 from shame3639 and spitting7536.
7For the Lord136 GOD3069 will help5826 me; therefore shall I not be confounded3637: therefore have I set7760 my face6440 like a flint2496, and I know3045 that I shall not be ashamed954.
8He is near7138 that justifieth6663 me; who will contend7378 with me? let us stand5975 together3162: who is mine adversary1167 4941? let him come near5066 to me.
9Behold, the Lord136 GOD3069 will help5826 me; who is he that shall condemn7561 me? lo, they all shall wax old1086 as a garment899; the moth6211 shall eat them up398.
10Who is among you that feareth3373 the LORD3068, that obeyeth8085 the voice6963 of his servant5650, that walketh1980 in darkness2825, and hath no light5051? let him trust982 in the name8034 of the LORD3068, and stay8172 upon his God430.
11Behold, all ye that kindle6919 a fire784, that compass yourselves about247 with sparks2131: walk3212 in the light217 of your fire784, and in the sparks2131 that ye have kindled1197. This shall ye have of mine hand3027; ye shall lie down7901 in sorrow4620.