Isaiah 50:1-7 ▼

1 This is what the LORD says: |Where is your mother's divorce certificate by which I divorced her? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold because of your sins; because of your rebellious acts I divorced your mother.

2 Why does no one challenge me when I come? Why does no one respond when I call? Is my hand too weak to deliver you? Do I lack the power to rescue you? Look, with a mere shout I can dry up the sea; I can turn streams into a desert, so the fish rot away and die from lack of water.

3 I can clothe the sky in darkness; I can cover it with sackcloth.|

4 The sovereign LORD has given me the capacity to be his spokesman, so that I know how to help the weary. He wakes me up every morning; he makes me alert so I can listen attentively as disciples do.

5 The sovereign LORD has spoken to me clearly; I have not rebelled, I have not turned back.

6 I offered my back to those who attacked, my jaws to those who tore out my beard; I did not hide my face from insults and spitting.

7 But the sovereign LORD helps me, so I am not humiliated. For that reason I am steadfastly resolved; I know I will not be put to shame.