Isaiah 50:1-9 ▼

1 Thus says the LORD: Where is the bill of divorce with which I dismissed your mother? Or to which of my creditors have I sold you? It was for your sins you were sold, for your rebellions your mother was dismissed.

2 Why was no one there when I came? Why did no one answer when I called? Is my hand too short to ransom? Have I not the strength to deliver? See, with my rebuke I dry up the sea, I turn rivers into wilderness; Their fish rot for lack of water, and die of thirst.

3 I clothe the heavens in black, and make sackcloth their covering.

4 The Lord GOD has given me a well-trained tongue, That I might know how to answer the weary a word that will waken them. Morning after morning he wakens my ear to hear as disciples do;

5 The Lord GOD opened my ear; I did not refuse, did not turn away.

6 I gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who tore out my beard; My face I did not hide from insults and spitting.

7 The Lord GOD is my help, therefore I am not disgraced; Therefore I have set my face like flint, knowing that I shall not be put to shame.

8 He who declares my innocence is near. Who will oppose me? Let us appear together. Who will dispute my right? Let them confront me.

9 See, the Lord GOD is my help; who will declare me guilty? See, they will all wear out like a garment, consumed by moths.