Isa 50
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Thus says 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, you are sold for your sins,
and for your iniquities have I put your mother away.
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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.
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I will clothe the sky with darkness, and will make its covering as sackcloth.
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Gr. the Lord the Lord; See 1 Ki 8:53 The Lord even God gives me the tongue of instruction, to know when it is fit to speak
a word: he has appointed for me early, he has given me an ear to hear:
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and the instruction of the Lord, even the Lord, opens mine ears, and I do not disobey,
nor dispute.
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I gave my back to scourges, and my cheeks to blows; and I turned not away my face
from the shame of spitting:
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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,
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for he who has justified me draws near; who is he who pleads with me? let him stand
up against me at the same time: yea, who is he who pleads with me? let him draw nigh
to me.
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Behold, the Lord, the Lord, will help me; who will hurt me? behold, all you shall
wax old as a garment, and a moth shall devour you.
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Who is among you that fears the Lord? let him hearken to the voice of his servant:
you that walk in darkness, and have no light, trust in the name of the Lord, and stay
upon God.
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Behold, you all kindle a fire, and feed a flame: walk in the light of your fire, and
in the flame which you have kindled. This has happened to you for my sake; you shall
lie down in sorrow.