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# Chapter 50
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1. This is what the Lord says:
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Where is your mother's divorce certificate
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that I used to send her away?
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Or to which of my creditors did I sell you?
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Look, you were sold for your iniquities,
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and your mother was sent away
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because of your transgressions.
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2. Why was no one there when I came?
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Why was there no one to answer when I called?
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Is my arm too weak to redeem?
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Or do I have no power to rescue?
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Look, I dry up the sea by my rebuke;
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I turn the rivers into a wilderness;
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their fish rot because of lack of water
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and die of thirst.
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3. I dress the heavens in black
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and make sackcloth their covering.
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The Obedient Servant
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4. The Lord God has given me
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the tongue of those who are instructed
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to know how to sustain the weary with a word.
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He awakens me each morning;
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he awakens my ear to listen like those being instructed.
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5. The Lord God has opened my ear,
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and I was not rebellious;
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I did not turn back.
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6. I gave my back to those who beat me,
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and my cheeks to those who tore out my beard.
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I did not hide my face from scorn and spitting.
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7. The Lord God will help me;
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therefore I have not been humiliated;
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therefore I have set my face like flint,
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and I know I will not be put to shame.
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8. The one who vindicates me is near;
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who will contend with me?
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Let us confront each other.
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Who has a case against me?
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Let him come near me!
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9. In truth, the Lord God will help me;
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who will condemn me?
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Indeed, all of them will wear out like a garment;
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a moth will devour them.
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10. Who among you fears the Lord
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and listens to his servant?
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Who among you walks in darkness,
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and has no light?
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Let him trust in the name of the Lord;
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let him lean on his God.
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11. Look, all you who kindle a fire,
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who encircle yourselves with torches;
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walk in the light of your fire
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and of the torches you have lit!
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This is what you'll get from my hand:
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you will lie down in a place of torment.
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