Thussaiththe LORD, Where is the billof your mother's divorcement, whomI have put away? orwhichof my creditors is it to whomI have soldyou? Behold, for your iniquitieshave ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressionsis your motherput away. Wherefore, when I came, was there noman? when I called, was there noneto answer? Is my handshortened at all, that it cannot redeem? orhave I nopowerto deliver? behold, at my rebukeI dry upthe sea, I makethe riversa wilderness: their fishstinketh, because there is nowater, and diethfor thirst. I clothethe heavenswith blackness, and I makesackcloththeir covering. The LordGODhath givenme the tongueof the learned, that I should knowhow to speak a word in seasonto him that is weary: he wakenethmorningby morning, he wakenethmine earto hearas the learned. The LordGODhath openedmine ear, and Iwas notrebellious, neitherturned awayback. I gavemy backto the smiters, and my cheeksto them that plucked off the hair: I hidnotmy facefrom shameand spitting. For the LordGODwill helpme; thereforeshall I notbe confounded: thereforehave I setmy facelike a flint, and I knowthatI shall notbe ashamed. He is nearthat justifiethme; whowill contendwithme? let us standtogether: who is mine adversary? let him come neartome. Behold, the LordGODwill helpme; who is he that shall condemnme? lo, they allshall wax oldas a garment; the mothshall eat them up. Who is among you that feareththe LORD, that obeyeththe voiceof his servant, thatwalketh in darkness, and hath nolight? let him trustin the nameof the LORD, and stayupon his God. Behold, allye that kindlea fire, that compass yourselves aboutwith sparks: walkin the lightof your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. Thisshall ye haveof mine hand; ye shall lie downin sorrow.