Thus says the LORD:
\n“Where is your mother’s bill of divorce,
\nwith which I put her away?
\nOr which of my creditors is it
\nto whom I have sold you?
\nBehold, for your iniquities you were sold,
\nand for your transgressions your mother was put away.
\nWhy, when I came, was there no man?
\nWhen I called, was there no one to answer?
\nIs my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem?
\nOr have I no power to deliver?
\nBehold, by my rebuke I dry up the sea,
\nI make the rivers a desert;
\ntheir fish stink for lack of water,
\nand die of thirst.
\nI clothe the heavens with blackness,
\nand make sackcloth their covering.”
\nThe Lord GOD has given me
\nthe tongue of those who are taught,
\nthat I may know how to sustain with a word
\nhim that is weary.
\nMorning by morning he wakens,
\nhe wakens my ear
\nto hear as those who are taught.
\nThe Lord GOD has opened my ear,
\nand I was not rebellious,
\nI turned not backward.
\nI gave my back to the smiters,
\nand my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard;
\nI hid not my face
\nfrom shame and spitting.
\nFor the Lord GOD helps me;
\ntherefore I have not been confounded;
\ntherefore I have set my face like a flint,
\nand I know that I shall not be put to shame;
\nhe who vindicates me is near.
\nWho will contend with me?
\nLet us stand up together.
\nWho is my adversary?
\nLet him come near to me.
\nBehold, the Lord GOD helps me;
\nwho will declare me guilty?
\nBehold, all of them will wear out like a garment;
\nthe moth will eat them up.
\nWho among you fears the LORD
\nand obeys the voice of his servant,
\nwho walks in darkness
\nand has no light,
\nyet trusts in the name of the LORD
\nand relies upon his God?
\nBehold, all you who kindle a fire,
\nwho set brands alight!
\nWalk by the light of your fire,
\nand by the brands which you have kindled!
\nThis shall you have from my hand:
\nyou shall lie down in torment.<\/p>\n
–Isaiah 50:1-11<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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