Yeshayah 50

¹Thus saith Hashem :

Where is the Sefer Keritut (Bill of Divorce)

by which I sent your Em (Mother) away?

Or which Nosheh (Creditor) of Mine is it

to whom I have sold you [into slavery]?

Behold, for your avonot (iniquities) have ye been sold,

and for your peysha'im (rebellions) was your Em sent away.

²Why, when I came, was there no ish (man [at all] to respond) ?

When I called, was there none to answer?

Is My Yad too short, that it cannot redeem?

Or have I no ko'ach (power) to save?

Behold, at My rebuke I dry up the yam (sea) ,

I make the neharot (rivers) a midbar (desert) ;

their dag (fish) stink, because there is no mayim,

and die of tzama (thirst) .

³I clothe Shomayim with blackness,

and I make sackcloth their covering.

⁴Adonoi Hashem hath given Me[#50:4 Moshiach; see 2Sm.7:5; Zech.3:8 and Isa 52:13]

the leshon limmudim (learned tongue of disciples) ,

that I should know how to speak a devar (word, i.e., word of consolation) in season to him that is weary;

He wakeneth baboker baboker (morning by morning) ,

He wakeneth Mine ozen (ear)

to hear as the limmudim (disciples, those being taught) .

⁵Adonoi Hashem hath opened Mine ozen (ear) ,

and I was not rebellious,

neither did I turn back.

⁶I offered My gev (back) to them that deliver blows,[#50:6 Moshiach]

and My lekhi (cheeks) to them that pulled out:

I hid not My face from kelimot (humiliations, shame)

and rok (spitting, saliva) .

⁷For Adonoi Hashem will help Me;[#50:7 Moshiach]

therefore shall I not be disgraced;

therefore have I set My face as khalamish (flint [See Lk 9:51 ]) ,

and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

⁸He that vindicateth is karov (near) ,[#50:8 i.e., maintains My Righteousness]

who will contend with Me?

Let us stand together.

Who is Mine Ba'al Mishpat (Adversary in court, the one bringing charges) ?

Let him draw near to Me [in court].

⁹See, Adonoi Hashem will help Me.[#50:9 Moshiach]

Who is he that shall condemn Me?

See, they all shall wear out like a beged (garment) ;

the ahsh (moth) shall eat them.

¹⁰Who among you that feareth Hashem ,

that obeyeth the voice of His Eved,

though he may have walked in chashekhim (darknesses) ,

with no gleam of light for himself,

let him trust B'Shem Hashem ,

and lean upon Elohav.

¹¹See, all ye that kindle an eish (fire) ,

ye that prepare for battle with zikot (flashing firebrands) ,

walk in the light of the fire of your [own making]

and among the zikot (flashing firebrands) that ye have set burning,

and this shall ye have from My Yad;

ye shall lie down in ma'atze'vah (torment, pain, grieving) .