1	Thus saith# the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away# ? or which of my creditors# is it to whom I have sold# you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold# yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away# .
			2	Wherefore, when I came# , was there no man? when I called# , was there none to answer# ? Is my hand shortened# at all# , that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver# ? behold, at my rebuke I dry up# the sea, I make# the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh# , because there is no water, and dieth# for thirst.
			3	I clothe# the heavens with blackness, and I make# sackcloth their covering.
			4	The Lord GOD hath given# me the tongue of the learned, that I should know# how to speak# a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth# morning by morning, he wakeneth# mine ear to hear# as the learned.
			5	The Lord GOD hath opened# mine ear, and I was not rebellious# , neither turned away# back.
			6	I gave# my back to the smiters# , and my cheeks to them that plucked off# the hair: I hid# not my face from shame and spitting.
			7	For the Lord GOD will help# me; therefore shall I not be confounded# : therefore have I set# my face like a flint, and I know# that I shall not be ashamed# .
			8	He is near that justifieth# me; who will contend# with me? let us stand# together: who is mine adversary# ? let him come near# to me. [mine...: Heb. the master of my cause?]
			9	Behold, the Lord GOD will help# me; who is he that shall condemn# me? lo, they all shall wax old# as a garment; the moth shall eat them up# .
			10	Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth# the voice of his servant, that walketh# in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust# in the name of the LORD, and stay# upon his God.
			11	Behold, all ye that kindle# a fire, that compass yourselves about# with sparks: walk# in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled# . This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down# in sorrow.