1Thus saith the Lord, Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away. Many Bible Versions
2Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst. Many Bible Versions
3I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. Many Bible Versions
4The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. Many Bible Versions
5The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. Many Bible Versions
6I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. Many Bible Versions
7For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. Many Bible Versions
8He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me. Many Bible Versions
9Behold, the Lord God will help me; who is he that shall condemn me? lo, they all shall wax old as a garment; the moth shall eat them up. Many Bible Versions
10Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God. Many Bible Versions
11Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow. Many Bible Versions