rsv Isaiah:50:2-6 SEEK
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Why ,
when I came ,
was there no man ?
When I called ,
was there no one to answer ?
Is my hand shortened ,
that it cannot redeem ?
Or have I no power to deliver ?
Behold ,
by my rebuke I dry up the sea ,
I make the rivers a desert ;
their fish stink for lack of water ,
and die of thirst .
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I clothe the heavens with blackness ,
and make sackcloth their covering ."
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The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught ,
that I may know how to sustain with a word him that is weary .
Morning by morning he wakens ,
he wakens my ear to hear as those who are taught .
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The Lord GOD has opened my ear ,
and I was not rebellious ,
I turned not backward .
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I gave my back to the smiters ,
and my cheeks to those who pulled out the beard ;
I hid not my face from shame and spitting .