Old Testament · Prophets

Isaiah chapter 50

This is what Yahweh says: “Where is your mother’s — the one that proves I sent her away? Or which of my did I sell you to? Look — you were sold because of your own , and your mother was sent away because of your .”“Why was no one there when I came? Why did no one answer when I called? Is my too short to ? Do I lack the strength to pull you free? Look — with a single I dry up the sea, I turn rivers into desert. Their fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.”“I dress the sky in , I wrap it in .”The , Yahweh, has given me the — to know the word that the . Morning after morning he wakes me, wakes my ear to listen like a student.The Master, Yahweh, has , and I did not . I did not turn away.I to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who . I did not hide my face from and .But the Master, Yahweh, me— that is why I have not been humiliated. That is why I , and I know I will not be put to .The one who is . Who will bring charges against me? Let us stand together. Who is my ? Let him step forward.Look — the Master, Yahweh, himself helps me. Who will me? Look — all of them will . Moths will eat them up.Who among you of Yahweh and listens to the voice of his servant? Whoever walks in darkness with no light breaking through— let them in the of Yahweh and on their God.But look — all of you who , who arm yourselves with : go ahead, walk by the light of your own fire, by the torches you have lit. This is what you will get from my hand: you will lie down in .