TOJB2011 ▾Yeshayah ▾50 ▾Yeshayah 501Thus 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 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, 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; 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) , 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. 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) .Yeshayah 49Yeshayah 51