Thus saith
the LORD,
Where is the bill
of your mother's
divorcement,
whom I have put away?
or which of my creditors
is it to whom I have sold
you? Behold, for your iniquities
have ye sold
yourselves, and for your transgressions
is your mother
put away.
indebted
ὑπόχρεῳ
hypochreō
Wherefore, when I came,
was there no man?
when I called,
was there none to answer?
Is my hand
shortened
at all,
that it cannot redeem?
or have I no power
to deliver?
behold, at my rebuke
I dry up
the sea,
I make
the rivers
a wilderness:
their fish
stinketh,
because there is no water,
and dieth
for thirst.
utterly desolate
ἐξερημώσω
exerēmōsō
I clothe
the heavens
with blackness,
and I make
sackcloth
their covering.
The Lord
GOD
hath given
me the tongue
of the learned,
that I should know
how to speak
a word
in season to him that is weary:
he wakeneth
morning
by morning,
he wakeneth
mine ear
to hear
as the learned.
The Lord
GOD
hath opened
mine ear,
and I was not rebellious,
neither turned away
back.
I gave
my back
to the smiters,
and my cheeks
to them that plucked off
the hair: I hid
not my face
from shame
and spitting.
spitting on
ἐμπτυσμάτων
emptysmatōn
For the Lord
GOD
will help
me; therefore shall I not be confounded:
therefore have I set
my face
like a flint,
and I know
that I shall not be ashamed.
He is near
that justifieth
me; who will contend
with me? let us stand
together:
who is mine adversary?
let him come near
to me.
Behold, the Lord
GOD
will help
me; who is he that shall condemn
me? lo, they all shall wax old
as a garment;
the moth
shall eat them up.
Who is among you that feareth
the LORD,
that obeyeth
the voice
of his servant,
that walketh
in darkness,
and hath no light?
let him trust
in the name
of the LORD,
and stay
upon his God.
lean for support upon
ἀντιστηρίσασθε
antistērisasthe
Behold, all ye that kindle
a fire,
that compass yourselves about
with sparks:
walk
in the light
of your fire,
and in the sparks
that ye have kindled.
This shall ye have of mine hand;
ye shall lie down
in sorrow.
