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          DASV: Isaiah 50    

1 This is what the LORD says,
     "Where is your mother's divorce certificate,
           by which I have put her away?
      Or to which of my creditors have I sold you?
      Look, you were sold because of your sins,
          and for your transgressions your mother was put away.
2 Why was no one there when I came?
     Why did no one answer when I called?
      Is my hand so weak that it cannot redeem?
           Do I have no power to deliver?
      Look, at my rebuke I can dry up the sea,
     I can make the rivers into a desert;
           their dead fish stink because there is no water,
                and they die of thirst.
3 I clothe the heavens with blackness,
     and I make sackcloth their covering."

4 The sovereign LORD has given me the tongue of a teacher,
          so that I may know how to sustain those who are weary with words.
      Morning by morning he wakes me up,
          he wakens my ear to hear like those who are taught.
5 The sovereign LORD has opened my ear,
     and I was not rebellious,
           nor did I turn back.
6 I gave my back to those who beat me,
          and my cheeks to those who ripped out my beard;
     I did not hide my face from insults and spitting.
7 For the sovereign LORD will help me;
          I will not be disgraced.
      Therefore I have set my face like a flint,
          and I know that I will not be put to shame.
8 The one who vindicates me is near.
     Who will make accusations against me?
     Let us confront each other.
     Who is my adversary?
     Let him come near to challenge me.
9 The sovereign LORD helps me.
     Who is he who will condemn me?
      Look, they all will wear out like a garment,
          the moth will eat them up.

10 Who among you fears the LORD?
     Who obeys the voice of his servant?
      Anyone who walks in darkness,
           and has no light,
     let them trust in the name of the LORD,
           and rely upon his God.
11 Look, all you who light a fire,
     that equip yourselves with burning torches;
           walk in the light of your fire,
          and among the torches that you have ignited.
     This is what you will have from my hand;
          you will lie down in torment.

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