Isaiah 50  Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Where is your mother’s divorce certificate
that I used to send her away?^(A)
Or to which of my creditors did I sell you?^(B)
Look, you were sold for your iniquities,^(C)
and your mother was sent away
because of your transgressions.
² Why was no one there when I came?
Why was there no one to answer when I called?
Is my arm too weak to redeem?^(D)
Or do I have no power to rescue?
Look, I dry up the sea by my rebuke;^(E)
I turn the rivers into a wilderness;
their fish rot because of lack of water
and die of thirst.
³ I dress the heavens in black
and make sackcloth their covering.^(F)

⁴ The Lord God has given me
the tongue of those who are instructed^(G)
to know how to sustain the weary with a word.
He awakens me each morning;
he awakens my ear to listen like those being instructed.^(H)
5 The Lord God has opened my ear,
and I was not rebellious;
I did not turn back.^(I)
6 I gave my back to those who beat me,
and my cheeks to those who tore out my beard.
I did not hide my face from scorn and spitting.^(J)
7 The Lord God will help me;
therefore I have not been humiliated;
therefore I have set my face like flint,^(K)
and I know I will not be put to shame.
⁸ The one who vindicates me is near;^(L)
who will contend with me?
Let us confront each other.^[a]
Who has a case against me?^[b]
Let him come near me!
⁹ In truth, the Lord God will help me;
who will condemn me?^(M)
Indeed, all of them will wear out like a garment;
a moth will devour them.^(N)
10 Who among you fears the Lord
and listens to his servant?^(O)
Who among you walks in darkness,
and has no light?
Let him trust in the name of the Lord;
let him lean on his God.
¹¹ Look, all you who kindle a fire,
who encircle yourselves with^[c] torches;
walk in the light of your fire
and of the torches you have lit!
This is what you’ll get from my hand:
you will lie down in a place of torment.