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1. This is what the Lord says: "People of Israel, you say I divorced your mother. Then where is the paper that proves it? Or do you think I sold you to pay a debt? Because of the evil things you did, I sold you. Because of the times she turned against me, your mother was sent away.
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1. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 , Where H335 is the bill H5612 of your mother H517 's divorcement H3748 , whom H834 I have put away H7971 ? or H176 which H4310 of my creditors H4480 H5383 is it to whom H834 I have sold H4376 you? Behold H2005 , for your iniquities H5771 have ye sold yourselves H4376 , and for your transgressions H6588 is your mother H517 put away H7971 .
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2. I came home and found no one there; I called, but no one answered. Do you think I am not able to save you? Do I not have the power to save you? Look, I need only to shout and the sea becomes dry. I change rivers into a desert, and their fish rot because there is no water; they die of thirst.
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2. Wherefore H4069 , when I came H935 , was there no H369 man H376 ? when I called H7121 , was there none H369 to answer H6030 ? Is my hand H3027 shortened at all H7114 H7114 , that it cannot redeem H4480 H6304 ? or H518 have I no H369 power H3581 to deliver H5337 ? behold H2005 , at my rebuke H1606 I dry up H2717 the sea H3220 , I make H7760 the rivers H5104 a wilderness H4057 : their fish H1710 stinketh H887 , because there is no H4480 H369 water H4325 , and dieth H4191 for thirst H6772 .
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3. I can make the skies dark; I can make them black like clothes of sadness."
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3. I clothe H3847 the heavens H8064 with blackness H6940 , and I make H7760 sackcloth H8242 their covering H3682 .
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4. The Lord God gave me the ability to teach so that I know what to say to make the weak strong. Every morning he wakes me. He teaches me to listen like a student.
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4. The Lord H136 GOD H3069 hath given H5414 me the tongue H3956 of the learned H3928 , that I should know H3045 how to speak a word in season H5790 H1697 to H853 him that is weary H3287 : he wakeneth H5782 morning H1242 by morning H1242 , he wakeneth H5782 mine ear H241 to hear H8085 as the learned H3928 .
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5. The Lord God helps me learn, and I have not turned against him nor stopped following him.
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5. The Lord H136 GOD H3069 hath opened H6605 mine ear H241 , and I H595 was not H3808 rebellious H4784 , neither H3808 turned away H5472 back H268 .
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6. I offered my back to those who beat me. I offered my cheeks to those who pulled my beard. I won't hide my face from them when they make fun of me and spit at me.
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6. I gave H5414 my back H1460 to the smiters H5221 , and my cheeks H3895 to them that plucked off the hair H4803 : I hid H5641 not H3808 my face H6440 from shame H4480 H3639 and spitting H7536 .
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7. The Lord God helps me, so I will not be ashamed. I will be determined, and I know I will not be disgraced.
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7. For the Lord H136 GOD H3069 will help H5826 me; therefore H5921 H3651 shall I not H3808 be confounded H3637 : therefore H5921 H3651 have I set H7760 my face H6440 like a flint H2496 , and I know H3045 that H3588 I shall not H3808 be ashamed H954 .
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8. He shows that I am innocent, and he is close to me. So who can accuse me? If there is someone, let us go to court together. If someone wants to prove I have done wrong, he should come and tell me.
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8. He is near H7138 that justifieth H6663 me; who H4310 will contend H7378 with H854 me? let us stand H5975 together H3162 : who H4310 is mine adversary H1167 H4941 ? let him come near H5066 to H413 me.
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9. Look! It is the Lord God who helps me. So who can prove me guilty? Look! All those who try will become useless like old clothes; moths will eat them.
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9. Behold H2005 , the Lord H136 GOD H3069 will help H5826 me; who H4310 is he H1931 that shall condemn H7561 me? lo H2005 , they all H3605 shall wax old H1086 as a garment H899 ; the moth H6211 shall eat them up H398 .
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10. Who among you fears the Lord and obeys his servant? That person may walk in the dark and have no light. and depend on his God.
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10. Who H4310 is among you that feareth H3373 the LORD H3068 , that obeyeth H8085 the voice H6963 of his servant H5650 , that H834 walketh H1980 in darkness H2825 , and hath no H369 light H5051 ? let him trust H982 in the name H8034 of the LORD H3068 , and stay H8172 upon his God H430 .
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11. But instead, some of you want to light your own fires and make your own light. So, go, walk in the light of your fires, and trust your own light to guide you. But this is what you will receive from me: You will lie down in a place of pain.
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11. Behold H2005 , all H3605 ye that kindle H6919 a fire H784 , that compass yourselves about H247 with sparks H2131 : walk H1980 in the light H217 of your fire H784 , and in the sparks H2131 that ye have kindled H1197 . This H2063 shall ye have H1961 of mine hand H4480 H3027 ; ye shall lie down H7901 in sorrow H4620 .
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