Isaiah 50

¹Yahweh says, “Where is the bill of your mother’s divorce, with which I have put her away?

²Why, when I came, was there no one?

³I clothe the heavens with blackness.

⁴The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught,

⁵The Lord Yahweh has opened my ear.

⁶I gave my back to those who beat me,

⁷For the Lord Yahweh will help me.

⁸He who justifies me is near.

⁹Behold, the Lord Yahweh will help me!

¹⁰Who among you fears Yahweh

¹¹Behold, all you who kindle a fire,