Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Where is the bill{H5612} of your mother's{H517} divorcement,{H3748} wherewith I have put her away?{H7971} or which of my creditors{H5383} is it to whom I have sold{H4376} you? Behold, for your iniquities{H5771} were ye sold,{H4376} and for your transgressions{H6588} was your mother{H517} put away.{H7971}

Wherefore, when I came,{H935} was there no man?{H376} when I called,{H7121} was there none to answer?{H6030} Is my hand{H3027} shortened{H7114} at all,{H7114} that it cannot redeem?{H6304} or have I no power{H3581} to deliver?{H5337} Behold, at my rebuke{H1606} I dry up{H2717} the sea,{H3220} I make{H7760} the rivers{H5104} a wilderness:{H4057} their fish{H1710} stink,{H887} because there is no water,{H4325} and die{H4191} for thirst.{H6772}

I clothe{H3847} the heavens{H8064} with blackness,{H6940} and I make{H7760} sackcloth{H8242} their covering.{H3682}

The Lord{H136} Jehovah{H136} hath given{H5414} me the tongue{H3956} of them that are taught,{H3928} that I may know{H3045} how to sustain{H5790} with words{H1697} him that is weary:{H3287} he wakeneth{H5782} morning{H1242} by morning,{H1242} he wakeneth{H5782} mine ear{H241} to hear{H8085} as they that are taught.{H3928}

The Lord{H136} Jehovah{H3069} hath opened{H6605} mine ear,{H241} and I was not rebellious,{H4784} neither turned away{H5472} backward.{H268}

I gave{H5414} my back{H1460} to the smiters,{H5221} and my cheeks{H3895} to them that plucked off{H4803} the hair; I hid{H5641} not my face{H6440} from shame{H3639} and spitting.{H7536}

For the Lord{H136} Jehovah{H3069} will help{H5826} me; therefore have I not been confounded:{H3637} therefore have I set{H7760} my face{H6440} like a flint,{H2496} and I know{H3045} that I shall not be put to shame.{H954}

He is near{H7138} that justifieth{H6663} me; who will contend{H7378} with me? let us stand{H5975} up together:{H3162} who is mine adversary?{H1167} let him come near{H5066} to me.

Behold, the Lord{H136} Jehovah{H3069} will help{H5826} me; who is he that shall condemn{H7561} me? behold, all they shall wax old{H1086} as a garment,{H899} the moth{H6211} shall eat them up.{H398}

Who is among you that feareth{H3373} Jehovah,{H3068} that obeyeth{H8085} the voice{H6963} of his servant?{H5650} he that walketh{H1980} in darkness,{H2825} and hath no light,{H5051} let him trust{H982} in the name{H8034} of Jehovah,{H3068} and rely{H8172} upon his God.{H430}

Behold, all ye that kindle{H6919} a fire,{H784} that gird yourselves about{H247} with firebrands;{H2131} walk{H3212} ye in the flame{H217} of your fire,{H784} and among the brands{H2131} that ye have kindled.{H1197} This shall ye have of my hand;{H3027} ye shall lie down{H7901} in sorrow.{H4620}