﻿Isaiah.
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, because of your iniquities you were sold, and because of your transgressions your mother was sent away. 
Why, when I came, was there no one, and when I called, no one answered? Is my hand too short to redeem, or have I no power to deliver? Look, at my rebuke I dry up the sea and turn rivers into a desert. Their fish stink for lack of water and die of thirst. 
I clothe the heavens in darkness and make sackcloth their covering.” 
The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, so that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word. Morning by morning he awakens me; he awakens my ear to listen as those who are taught. 
The Lord GOD has opened my ear, and I did not rebel or turn back. 
I gave my back to those who struck me and my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard. I did not hide my face from insults and spitting. 
But the Lord GOD helps me; therefore I have not been disgraced. Therefore I have set my face like flint, and I know that I will not be ashamed. 
The one who vindicates me is near. Who will contend with me? Let us stand together. Who is my adversary? Let him approach me. 
Look, the Lord GOD helps me; who will condemn me? Look, all of them will wear out like a garment; the moth will eat them. 
Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of his servant? Let the one who walks in darkness and has no light trust in the name of the LORD and rely on his God. 
“Look, all of you who kindle a fire and surround yourselves with firebrands: walk in the light of your fire and among the firebrands you have kindled. This is what you will have from my hand: you will lie down in torment.” 
