Thus says Jehovah, Where is the bill of your mother's divorce With which I have put her away? Or to which of My creditors Have I sold you? Indeed, for your iniquities you were sold, And for your transgressions your mother was put away.

Why when I came was there no man? And when I called why was there no one to answer? Is My hand so short that it cannot redeem? Or do I have no power to deliver? Indeed, at My rebuke I dry up the sea; I make the rivers a wilderness; Their fish stink because there is no water, And die of thirst.

I clothe the heavens with blackness, And make sackcloth their covering.

The Lord Jehovah has given me The tongue of the instructed, That I should know how to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens me morning by morning; He awakens my ear To hear as an instructed one.

The Lord Jehovah has opened my ear; And I was not rebellious, Nor did I turn back.

I gave my back to those who strike me And my cheeks to those who pluck out the hair; I did not hide my face From humiliation and spitting.

The Lord Jehovah helps me; Therefore I have not been dishonored; Therefore I have set my face like a flint, And I know that I will not be put to shame.

The One who justifies me is near; who will contend with me? Let us stand up together! Who is my adversary in judgment? Let him come near to me.

Indeed, the Lord Jehovah helps me, Who is the one who condemns me? Indeed, they will all wear out like a garment; The moth will consume them.

Who among you fears Jehovah; Who hears the voice of His servant; Who walks in darkness And has no light? Let him trust in the name of Jehovah, And rely on his God.

Indeed, all of you who kindle a fire, Who surround yourselves with firebrands, Walk into the light of your fire And into the firebrands which you have lit. You will have this from My hand: You will lie down in torment.