Isaiah:50-52

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* Thus , saith Yahweh Where then is the set , oil of your mothers divorce , whom I have put away ? Or , which of my creditors , is it to whom I have sold you ? Lo ! for your iniquities , have ye been sold , And for your transgressions , hath your mother been put away . * Wherefore , When I came in , was there no one ? When I called , was there none to answer ? Is mine own hand , really shortened , that it cannot redeem ? Or is there not , in me , strength to deliver ? Lo ! by my rebuke , I dry up the sea I make rivers a desert , Their fish Stinketh , for want of water , Yea dieth , for thirst : * I clothe the heavens with gloom , And , of sackcloth , make I their covering . * My Lord Yahweh , hath given unto me the tongue of the instructed , That I should know how to succour the fainting , with discourse , He kept wakeningmorning by morning . He kept wakening mine ear , to hearken as do the instructed ; * My Lord , Yahweh , opened mine ear , And , I , was not rebellious , Away , turned I not : * My back , gave I to smiters , and My cheeks , to them who pulled out the beard , My face , hid I not from insult and spitting . * Because , My Lord , Yahweh , would help me , Therefore was I not deterred by insult , Therefore did I set my face like flint , And I knew that I should not be put to shame . * At hand , is one who can justify me . Who will contend with me ? let , us stand forth together , Who can accuse me ? let him draw near to me ! * Lo ! My Lord , Yahweh , will help me , Who is he that shall prove me lawless ? Lo ! they all , as a garment , shall fall to pieces , the moth shall consume them . * Who among you , revereth Yahweh , Hearkening unto the voice of his Servant , That hath walked in dark places And hath had no gleam of light ? Let him trust in the name of Yahweh , And lean upon his God . * Lo ! all ye that kindle a fire , That gird yourselves with fiery darts , Walk ye in the blaze of your own fire . And in the fiery darts ye have kindled , At my hand , hath this befallen you , In sorrow , shall ye lie down . * Hearken unto me , Ye that pursue righteousness , Ye that seek Yahweh , Look well unto the rock whence ye were hewn , And unto the quarry whence ye were digged : * Look well unto Abraham your father , And unto Sarah who gave you birth , For he was , alone , when called I him , And , I blessed him that I might make him , many . * For Yahweh hath comforted Zion , He hath comforted all her waste places , And hath made her wilderness like Eden , And her waste plain like the garden of Yahweh , Joy and gladness , shall be found in her , Thanksgiving , and the voice of melody . * Attend unto me , O my people , And , O , my nation unto me give ear , For , instruction , from me , shall go forth , And , my justicefor a light of peoples , will I establish : * At hand is my righteousness . Gone forth hath my salvation , And , mine own arms , unto the peoples , shall give justice , Upon me , Coastlands , shall wait , And for mine arm , shall they hope . * Lift upto the heavensyour eyes , And look around to the earth beneath Though , the heavens , like smoke , should have vanished And , the earth , like a garment , should fall to pieces , And , her inhabitants , in like manner , should die , Yet , my salvation , unto times age-abiding , shall continue , And , my righteousness , shall not be broken down . * Hearken unto me ye who discern righteousness , The people in whose heart is my law , Do not fear the reproach of frail men , Nor at their revilings , be dismayed ; * For like a garment , shall they be eaten of the moth , And like wool , shall they he eaten of the larva ; But , my righteousness , unto times age-abiding shall continue , And , my salvation , unto the remotest generation . * Awake , awake put on strength , O arm of Yahweh , Awake , As in days of old , The generations of bygone ages : Art not thou that which Hewed down Rahab , Piercing the Crocodile ? * Art not thou that which dried up The Sea , The waters of the mighty Deep , That which made of the abysses of the sea a road for the passing over of the redeemed ? * Therefore , the ransomed of Yahweh , shall again come unto Zion , with shouts of triumph , With gladness age-abiding on their head , Joy , and gladness , shall overtake . Sorrow and sighing have fled away . * II , am he that comforteth you , Who art , thou , that thou hast feared Frail man that dieth , and A son of the earthborn , who , as grass , shall be delivered up ? * That thou hast forgotten Yahweh thy maker , Who stretched out the heavens And founded the earth ? That thou hast dreaded continually , all the day , by reason of the fury of the oppressor , in that he was ready to destroy ? Where then is the fury of the oppressor ? * The captive hath hastened to be loosed , That be might not die in the pit . Neither should , his bread , be cut off . * But , IYahweh , am thy God , Who threw into commotion the sea And the waves thereof roared , Yahweh of hosts , is his name . * Therefore have I put my words in thy mouth , And with the shadow of my hand , have I covered thee , To plant the heavens , and To lay the foundations of the earth , and To say unto Zion My people , thou art ! * Rouse theerouse , thee stand up , O Jerusalem , Who hast drunk , at the hand of Yahweh , his cup of indignation : The goblet-cup of confusion , hast thou drunkhast thou drained . * There is none to guide her , Among all the sons she hath borne , There is none to grasp her hand , Among all the sons she hath brought up . * Twain , are the things befalling thee , Who will lament for thee ? Wasting and destruction and f famine and sword By whom shall I comfort thee ? * Thy sons , have fainted , They lie at the head of all the streets like a gazelle in a net , Who , indeed , are full of The indignation of Yahweh The rebuke of thy God . * Therefore , hear , I pray thee , this , thou humbled one , And drunken but not with wine : * Thus , saith Thy Lord , Yahweh , Even thy God who pleadeth the cause of his people : Lo ! I have taken , out of thy hand , the cup of confusion , As for the goblet-cup of mine indignation , Thou shalt not again drink it , any more ; * But I will put it into the hand of thy tormentors , Who said to thy soul , Bow down thus we may pass over , And so thou didst place as the ground , thy back , Yea as the street to such as were passing along . * Awake , awake , Put on thy strength , O Zion , Fur on thy beautiful garments , O Jerusalemthou holy city , For there shah not again come into thee any more the uncircumcised and unclean . * Shake thyself from the dust arisesit down O Jerusalem , Loose thyself from the bonds of thy neck , O captive ! daughter of Zion ! * For , thus , saith Yahweh , For nought , ye sold yourselves , And not with silver , shall ye be redeemed , * For , thus , saith My Lord , Yahweh , To Egypt , went down my people at first to sojourn there , But , Assyria , without cause , hath oppressed him . * Now , therefore , what do I here ? Demandeth Yahweh . That my people have been taken away for nought ? They who rule them , do howl , Declareth Yahweh , And , continuallyall the day , is my Name brought into contempt . * Therefore , shall my people acknowledge my Name : Therefore , in that day , shall they acknowledge that , I , am the same , even I who am speaking , Here , I am , * How beautiful , upon the mountains are the feet Of him That bringeth good tidings , That publisheth peace , That bringeth good tidings of blessing , That publisheth salvation , That saith unto Zion , Thy God , hath become king . * The voice of thy watchmen ! They have uplifted a voice Together , do they renew the shout of triumph , For eye to eye , shall they see , When Yahweh returneth to Zion . * Break forth , shout in triumph together , ye waste places of Jerusalem , For Yahweh Hath comforted his people , Hath redeemed Jerusalem : * Yahweh hath bared his holy arm , in the eyes of all the nations , So shall all the ends of the earth see the salvation of our God . * Away ! away ! come , forth from thence !Nought unclean , may ye touch , Come forth out of her midst , Purify yourselves , ye who are to carry the vessels of Yahweh ; * For , not in haste , shall ye come forth , Nor , by flight , shall ye journey , For , your van-guard , is Yahweh , And , your rear-guard , the God of Israel . * Lo ! my Servant , prospereth , He riseth , and is lifted up , and becometh very high : * The more that Many , were amazed at thee , So marred , beyond any mans , was his appearance , And his form , beyond the sons of men , * The more doth he startle Many nations , Before him , have kings closed their mouth , For , that which had not been related to them , have they seen , And that which they had not heard , haw they diligently considered . * Who believed what we have heard ? And , the arm of Yahweh , to whom was it revealed ?

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