1 Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, Where is the bill{H5612} of your mother's{H517} divorcement{H3748}, whom I have put away{H7971}{(H8765)}? or which of my creditors{H5383}{(H8802)} is it to whom I have sold{H4376}{(H8804)} you? Behold, for your iniquities{H5771} have ye sold{H4376}{(H8738)} yourselves, and for your transgressions{H6588} is your mother{H517} put away{H7971}{(H8795)}.

2 Wherefore, when I came{H935}{(H8804)}, was there no man{H376}? when I called{H7121}{(H8804)}, was there none to answer{H6030}{(H8802)}? Is my hand{H3027} shortened{H7114}{(H8804)} at all{H7114}{(H8800)}, that it cannot redeem{H6304}? or have I no power{H3581} to deliver{H5337}{(H8687)}? behold, at my rebuke{H1606} I dry up{H2717}{(H8686)} the sea{H3220}, I make{H7760}{(H8799)} the rivers{H5104} a wilderness{H4057}: their fish{H1710} stinketh{H887}{(H8799)}, because there is no water{H4325}, and dieth{H4191}{(H8799)} for thirst{H6772}.

3 I clothe{H3847}{(H8686)} the heavens{H8064} with blackness{H6940}, and I make{H7760}{(H8799)} sackcloth{H8242} their covering{H3682}.

4 The Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} hath given{H5414}{(H8804)} me the tongue{H3956} of the learned{H3928}, that I should know{H3045}{(H8800)} how to speak{H5790}{(H8800)} a word{H1697} in season to him that is weary{H3287}: he wakeneth{H5782}{(H8686)} morning{H1242} by morning{H1242}, he wakeneth{H5782}{(H8686)} mine ear{H241} to hear{H8085}{(H8800)} as the learned{H3928}.

5 The Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} hath opened{H6605}{(H8804)} mine ear{H241}, and I was not rebellious{H4784}{(H8804)}, neither turned away{H5472}{(H8738)} back{H268}.

6 I gave{H5414}{(H8804)} my back{H1460} to the smiters{H5221}{(H8688)}, and my cheeks{H3895} to them that plucked off{H4803}{(H8802)} the hair: I hid{H5641}{(H8689)} not my face{H6440} from shame{H3639} and spitting{H7536}.

7 For the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} will help{H5826}{(H8799)} me; therefore shall I not be confounded{H3637}{(H8738)}: therefore have I set{H7760}{(H8804)} my face{H6440} like a flint{H2496}, and I know{H3045}{(H8799)} that I shall not be ashamed{H954}{(H8799)}.

8 He is near{H7138} that justifieth{H6663}{(H8688)} me; who will contend{H7378}{(H8799)} with me? let us stand{H5975}{(H8799)} together{H3162}: who is mine adversary{H1167}{H4941}? let him come near{H5066}{(H8799)} to me.

9 Behold, the Lord{H136} GOD{H3069} will help{H5826}{(H8799)} me; who is he that shall condemn{H7561}{(H8686)} me? lo, they all shall wax old{H1086}{(H8799)} as a garment{H899}; the moth{H6211} shall eat them up{H398}{(H8799)}.

10 Who is among you that feareth{H3373} the LORD{H3068}, that obeyeth{H8085}{(H8802)} the voice{H6963} of his servant{H5650}, that walketh{H1980}{(H8804)} in darkness{H2825}, and hath no light{H5051}? let him trust{H982}{(H8799)} in the name{H8034} of the LORD{H3068}, and stay{H8172}{(H8735)} upon his God{H430}.

11 Behold, all ye that kindle{H6919}{(H8802)} a fire{H784}, that compass yourselves about{H247}{(H8764)} with sparks{H2131}: walk{H3212}{(H8798)} in the light{H217} of your fire{H784}, and in the sparks{H2131} that ye have kindled{H1197}{(H8765)}. This shall ye have of mine hand{H3027}; ye shall lie down{H7901}{(H8799)} in sorrow{H4620}.