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New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].

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   1   The Lord says,
Is there anywhere a deed of divorce
    by which I have put your mother away?
    Was there some creditor of mine
    to whom I sold you?
  No; it was through your own wickedness that you were sold
  and for your own misconduct that your mother was put away.
   2   Why, then, did I find no one when I came?
    Why, when I called, did no one answer?
Did you think my arm too short to redeem,
    did you think I had no power to save?
Not so. By my rebuke I dried up the sea
  and turned rivers into desert;
  their fish perished for lack of water
    and died on the thirsty ground;
   3   I clothed the skies in mourning
  and covered them with sackcloth.

     4   The Lord God has given me
    the tongue of a teacher
    and skill to console the weary
    with a word ^note in the morning;
    he sharpened my hearing ^note
  that I might listen like one who is taught.
     5   The Lord God opened my ears
and I did not disobey or turn back in defiance.
   6   I offered my back to the lash,
    and let my beard be plucked from my chin,
I did not hide my face from spitting and insult;
   7   but the Lord God stands by to help me;

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Israel a light to the nations
  therefore no insult can wound me.
I have set my face like flint,
  for I know that I shall not be put to shame,
   8   because one who will clear my name is at my side.
Who dare argue against me? Let us confront one another.
Who will dispute my cause? Let him come forward.
9   The Lord God will help me;
  who then can prove me guilty?
They will all wear out like a garment,
    the moths will eat them up.

10   Which of you fears the Lord and obeys his servant's commands?
The man who walks in dark places with no light,
yet trusts in the name of the Lord and leans on his God.
   11   But you who kindle a fire and set fire-brands alight, ^note
  go, walk into your own fire
  and among the fire-brands you have set ablaze.
  This is your fate at my hands:
    you shall lie down in torment.

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New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].