Isaiah

¹ Thus says Yahweh,“Where is the certificate of divorce By which I have sent your mother away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Behold, you were sold for your iniquities, And for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

² When I called, why was there none to answer? Is My hand so short that it cannot ransom? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, I dry up the sea with My rebuke; I make the rivers a wilderness; Their fish stink for lack of water And die of thirst.

³ And make sackcloth their covering.”

⁴ That I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.

⁵ And I did not rebel Nor did I turn back.

⁶ And My cheeks to those who pluck out the beard; I did not hide My face from dishonor and spitting.

⁷ Therefore, I am not dishonored; Therefore, I have set My face like flint, And I know that I will not be ashamed.

⁸ Who will contend with Me? Let us stand up to each other; Who has a judgment against Me? Let him approach Me.

⁹ Who is he who condemns Me? Behold, they will all wear out like a garment; The moth will eat them.

¹⁰ That listens to the voice of His Servant, That walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of Yahweh and rely on his God.

¹¹ Who gird yourselves with firebrands, Walk in the light of your fire And among the brands you have set ablaze. This you will have from My hand: You will lie down in torment.