50 This is what Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} says:
“Where is the divorce certificate of your mother, whom I sent away?
Or to which of my creditors did I sell you?
Look! It was because of your own errors you were sold,
And because of your own transgressions your mother was sent away.
2 Why, then, was no one here when I came?
Why did no one answer when I called?
Is my hand too short to redeem,
Or is there no power in me to rescue?
Look! With my rebuke I dry up the sea;
I make rivers a desert.
Their fish rot for lack of water,
And they die because of thirst.
3 I clothe the heavens with gloom,
And I make sackcloth their covering.”
4 The Master Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} has given me the tongue of those taught,
So that I may know how to answer the tired one with the right word.
He awakens me morning by morning;
He awakens my ear to listen like the taught ones.
5 The Master Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} has opened my ear,
And I was not rebellious.
I did not turn in the opposite direction.
6 I offered my back to those striking me
And my cheeks to those who plucked them bare.
I did not hide my face from humiliating things and from spit.
7 But the Master Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} will help me.
That is why I will not feel humiliated.
That is why I have set my face like a flint,
And I know that I will not be put to shame.
8 The One who declares me righteous is near.
Who has a case against me?
Let him approach me.
9 Look! The Master Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} will help me.
Who will pronounce me guilty?
Look! They will all wear out like a garment.
A moth will eat them up.
10 Who among you fears Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah}
And listens to the voice of his servant?
Who has walked in deep darkness, without any brightness?
Let him trust in the name of Ahv'ah {Heb. Yahvah} and support himself on his Al {pre. Ahl}.
11 “Look! All of you who are igniting a fire,
Making sparks fly,
Walk in the light of your fire,
Among the sparks you have set ablaze.
This is what you will have from my hand:
In sheer pain you will lie down.