Contemporary English Version The Lord's Power To PunishI didn't divorce your mother or sell you to pay debts; I divorced her and sold you because of your sins. 2I came and called out, but you didn't answer. Have I lost my power to rescue and save? At my command oceans and rivers turn into deserts; fish rot and stink for lack of water. 3I make the sky turn dark like the sackcloth you wear at funerals.” God's Servant Must Suffer4The Lord God gives me the right words to encourage the weary. Each morning he awakens me eager to learn his teaching; 5he made me willing to listen and not rebel or run away. and pull out my beard. I didn't turn aside when they insulted me and spit in my face. 7But the Lord God keeps me from being disgraced. So I refuse to give up, because I know God will never let me down. no one can stand here to accuse me of wrong. 9The Lord God will help me and prove I am innocent. My accusers will wear out like moth-eaten clothes. 10None of you respect the Lord or obey his servant. You walk in the dark instead of the light; you don't trust the name of the Lord your God.+ 11Go ahead and walk in the light of the fires you have set.+ But with his own hand, the Lord will punish you and make you suffer. Footnotes: Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®) © 2006 American Bible Society. All rights reserved. Bible text from the Contemporary English Version 2nd Edition (CEV®) is not to be reproduced in copies or otherwise by any means except as permitted in writing by American Bible Society, 101 North Independence Mall East, Floor 8, Philadelphia, PA 19106-2155 (www.americanbible.org). Learn more at www.cev.bible. Discover .BIBLE resources for your ministry at www.get.bible/cev Bible Hub |