微读圣经

1This is what the Lord says:

Where is your mother’s divorce certificate

that I used to send her away? Dt 24:1-3; Jr 3:8

Or who were My creditors that I sold you to? Dt 32:30; 2Kg 4:1; Neh 5:5

Look, you were sold for your iniquities, Is 13:11

and your mother was put away

because of your transgressions.

2Why was no one there when I came?

Why was there no one to answer when I called?

Is My hand too short to redeem? Gn 18:14; Nm 11:23; Is 59:1

Or do I have no power to deliver?

Look, I dry up the sea by My rebuke; Ex 14:21; Is 43:16; 44:27

I turn the rivers into a wilderness;

their fish rot because of lack of water

and die of thirst.

3I dress the heavens in black

and make sackcloth their clothing. Rv 6:12

The Obedient Servant

4The Lord God has given Me

the tongue of those who are instructed Is 8:16; 54:13

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. Jn 4:34

5The Lord God has opened My ear,

and I was not rebellious;

I did not turn back. Jn 8:29; 14:31; 15:10; Php 2:8; Heb 5:8

6I 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. Mt 26:67; 27:26; Mk 14:65; 15:19; Lk 22:63; Jn 19:1-5

7The Lord God will help Me;

therefore I have not been humiliated;

therefore I have set My face like flint, Ezk 3:8-9

and I know I will not be put to shame.

8The One who vindicates Me is near; Is 45:25

who will contend with Me?

Let us confront each other. Lit us stand

Who has a case against Me? Lit Who is lord of My judgment

Let him come near Me!

9In truth, the Lord God will help Me;

who will condemn Me? Rm 8:33-34

Indeed, all of them will wear out like a garment;

a moth will devour them. Jb 13:28; Is 51:8; Hs 5:12

10Who among you fears the Lord,

listening to the voice of His Servant? Is 42:1; 49:3-7; 52:13; 53:11; Ezk 34:23-24; Zch 3:8; Ac 3:13

Who among you walks in darkness,

and has no light?

Let him trust in the name of Yahweh;

let him lean on his God.

11Look, all you who kindle a fire,

who encircle yourselves with Syr reads who set ablaze firebrands;

walk in the light of your fire

and in the firebrands you have lit!

This is what you’ll get from My hand:

you will lie down in a place of torment.