1 - The LORD says, "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?Behold, you were sold for your iniquities,and your mother was put away for your transgressions.

2 - Why, when I came, was there no one?when I called, why was there no one to answer?Is my hand shortened at all, that it can't 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 stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.

3 - I clothe the heavens with blackness,and I make sackcloth their covering."

4 - The Lord the LORD has given me the tongue of those who are taught,that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary.He wakens morning by morning,he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

5 - The Lord the LORD has opened my ear,and I was not rebellious.I have not turned back.

6 - I gave my back to those who beat me,and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair.I didn't hide my face from shame and spitting.

7 - For the Lord the LORD will help me.Therefore I have not been confounded.Therefore I have set my face like a flint,and I know that I shall not be disappointed.

8 - He who justifies me is near.Who will bring charges against me?Let us stand up together.Who is my adversary?Let him come near to me.

9 - Behold, the Lord the LORD will help me!Who is he who will condemn me?Behold, they will all grow old like a garment.The moths will eat them up.

10 - Who among you fears The LORD,and obeys the voice of his servant?He who walks in darkness,and has no light,let him trust in The LORD's name,and rely on his God.

11 - Behold, all you who kindle a fire,who adorn yourselves with torches around yourselves;walk in the flame of your fire,and among the torches that you have kindled.You will have this from my hand:You will lie down in sorrow.