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Isaiah 50

Holman Christian Standard Bible, 2009 (HCSB)

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¹ This is what the LORD says: Where is your mother’s divorce certificate that I used to send her away? ⓐ Or who were My creditors that I sold you to? ⓑ Look, you were sold for your iniquities, ⓒ and your mother was put away because of your transgressions.

² Why was no one there when I came? Why was there no one to answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem? ⓓ Or do I have no power to deliver? Look, I dry up the sea by My rebuke; ⓔ I turn the rivers into a wilderness; their fish rot because of lack of water and die of thirst.

³ I dress the heavens in black and make sackcloth their clothing. ⓕ

⁴ The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of those who are instructed ⓖ to know how to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me each morning; He awakens My ear to listen like those being instructed. ⓗ

⁵ The Lord GOD has opened My ear, and I was not rebellious; I did not turn back. ⓘ

⁶ I gave My back to those who beat Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spitting. ⓙ

⁷ The Lord GOD will help Me; therefore I have not been humiliated; therefore I have set My face like flint, ⓚ and I know I will not be put to shame.

⁸ The One who vindicates Me is near; ⓛ who will contend with Me? Let us confront each other. [1] Who has a case against Me? [2] Let him come near Me!

⁹ In truth, the Lord GOD will help Me; who will condemn Me? ⓜ Indeed, all of them will wear out like a garment; a moth will devour them. ⓝ

¹⁰ Who among you fears the LORD, listening to the voice of His Servant? ⓞ Who among you walks in darkness, and has no light? Let him trust in the name of Yahweh; let him lean on his God.

¹¹ Look, all you who kindle a fire, who encircle yourselves with [3] firebrands; walk in the light of your fire and in the firebrands you have lit! This is what you’ll get from My hand: you will lie down in a place of torment.

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1	This is what the LORD says: Where is your mother’s divorce certificate that I used to send her away? ⓐ Or who were My creditors that I sold you to? ⓑ Look, you were sold for your iniquities, ⓒ and your mother was put away because of your transgressions.
2	Why was no one there when I came? Why was there no one to answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem? ⓓ Or do I have no power to deliver? Look, I dry up the sea by My rebuke; ⓔ I turn the rivers into a wilderness; their fish rot because of lack of water and die of thirst.
3	I dress the heavens in black and make sackcloth their clothing. ⓕ
4	The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of those who are instructed ⓖ to know how to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me each morning; He awakens My ear to listen like those being instructed. ⓗ
5	The Lord GOD has opened My ear, and I was not rebellious; I did not turn back. ⓘ
6	I gave My back to those who beat Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spitting. ⓙ
7	The Lord GOD will help Me; therefore I have not been humiliated; therefore I have set My face like flint, ⓚ and I know I will not be put to shame.
8	The One who vindicates Me is near; ⓛ who will contend with Me? Let us confront each other. [1] Who has a case against Me? [2] Let him come near Me!
9	In truth, the Lord GOD will help Me; who will condemn Me? ⓜ Indeed, all of them will wear out like a garment; a moth will devour them. ⓝ
10	Who among you fears the LORD, listening to the voice of His Servant? ⓞ Who among you walks in darkness, and has no light? Let him trust in the name of Yahweh; let him lean on his God.
11	Look, all you who kindle a fire, who encircle yourselves with [3] firebrands; walk in the light of your fire and in the firebrands you have lit! This is what you’ll get from My hand: you will lie down in a place of torment.

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