1.9 KiB
Chapter 50
- This is what the LORD says: "Was your mother sent away because I divorced her?
Did I sell you as slaves to my creditors? No, you were sold because of your sins.
And your mother, too, was taken because of your sins.
- Why was no one there when I came?
Why didn't anyone answer when I called? Is it because I have no power to rescue?
No, that is not the reason! For I can speak to the sea and make it dry up!
I can turn rivers into deserts covered with dying fish.
- I dress the skies in darkness,
covering them with clothes of mourning."The LORD's Obedient Servant
- The Sovereign LORD has given me his words of wisdom,
so that I know how to comfort the weary.
Morning by morning he wakens me
and opens my understanding to his will.
- The Sovereign LORD has spoken to me,
and I have listened.
I have not rebelled or turned away.
- I offered my back to those who beat me
and my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard.
I did not hide my face
from mockery and spitting.
- Because the Sovereign LORD helps me,
I will not be disgraced.
Therefore, I have set my face like a stone,
determined to do his will.
And I know that I will not be put to shame.
- He who gives me justice is near.
Who will dare to bring charges against me now? Where are my accusers?
Let them appear!
- See, the Sovereign LORD is on my side!
Who will declare me guilty? All my enemies will be destroyed
like old clothes that have been eaten by moths!
- Who among you fears the LORD
and obeys his servant? If you are walking in darkness,
without a ray of light, trust in the LORD
and rely on your God.
- But watch out, you who live in your own light
and warm yourselves by your own fires.
This is the reward you will receive from me:
You will soon fall down in great torment.