Isaiah 50:1–2
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.
¶ Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mothers diuorcement, whom I haue put away? or which of my creditours is it to whom I haue sold you? Behold, for your iniquities haue you solde your selues, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
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.
***Wherefore when I came was there no man? when I called, was there none to answere? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeeme? or haue I no power to deliuer? Beholde, at my rebuke I drie vp the sea: I make the riuers a wildernes: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referenceNum. 11.23. chap. 59.1.
- *Cross-referenceExod. 14.21.
- *Cross-referenceIosh.3.16
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- Deuteronomy 32:30Rank 1 from verse 1
- Jeremiah 3:8Rank 2 from verse 1
8And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
8And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adulterie, I had put her away and giuen her a bill of diuorce: yet her treacherous sister Iudah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
- Matthew 18:25Rank 3 from verse 1
- 2 Kings 4:1Rank 4 from verse 1
1NOW there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the Lord: and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.
1¶ Now there cryed a certaine woman of the wiues of the sonnes of the Prophets vnto Elisha, saying, Thy seruant my husband is dead, and thou knowest that thy seruant did feare the LORD: and the creditour is come to take vnto him my two sonnes to be bondmen.
- Nehemiah 5:5Rank 5 from verse 1
5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought unto bondage already: neither is it in our power to redeem them; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
5Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children: and loe, wee bring into bondage our sonnes and our daughters, to bee seruants, and some of our daughters are brought vnto bondage already, neither is it in our power to redeeme them: for other men haue our lands and vineyards.
- Isaiah 52:3Rank 6 from verse 1
- Deuteronomy 24:1–4Rank 7 from verse 1
1WHEN a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
2And when she is departed out of his house, she may go and be another man’s wife.
3And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of divorcement, and giveth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house; or if the latter husband die, which took her to be his wife;
4Her former husband, which sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before the Lord: and thou shalt not cause the land to sin, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance.
1¶ When *a man hath taken a wife and married her, and it come to passe that shee find no fauour in his eyes, because hee hath found some †vncleannesse in her: then let him write her a bill of †diuorcement, and giue it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
2And when shee is departed out of his house, she may goe and be another mans wife.
3And if the latter husband hate her, and write her a bill of diuorcement, and giueth it in her hand, and sendeth her out of his house: Or if the latter husband die, which tooke her to be his wife,
4Her former husband which sent her away, may not take her againe to be his wife, after that she is defiled: for that is abomination before the LORD, and thou shalt not cause the land to sinne, which the LORD thy God giueth thee for an inheritance.
- Hosea 2:2–4Rank 8 from verse 1
2Plead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts;
3Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.
4And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.
2Plead with your mother, plead: for *she is not my wife, neither am I her husband: let her therefore put away her whordomes out of her sight, and her adulteries from betweene *her breasts;
3Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that shee was *borne, and make her as a wildernesse, and set her like a drie land, and slay her with thirst.
4And I will not haue mercy vpon her children, for they be the children of whordomes.
- 2 Kings 17:17Rank 9 from verse 1
17And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger.
17And they caused their sonnes and their daughters to passe through the fire, and vsed diuination, and inchantments, and sold themselues to doe euill in the sight of the LORD, to prouoke him to anger.
- Isaiah 59:1–2Rank 10 from verse 1
1BEHOLD, the Lord’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear:
2But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
1¶ *Beholde, the LORDs hand is not shortened, that it cannot saue: neither his eare heauie, that it cannot heare.
2‖But your iniquities haue separated betweene you and your God, and your sinnes haue hid his face from you, that he will not heare.
- Jeremiah 3:1Rank 11 from verse 1
1THEY say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the Lord.
1¶ †*They say; If a man put away his wife, and she goe from him, and become another mans, shall hee returne vnto her againe? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many louers; yet returne againe to me, saith the LORD.
- Jeremiah 4:18Rank 12 from verse 1
- Mark 10:4–12Rank 13 from verse 1
4And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her away.
5And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept.
6But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.
7For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
8And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.
9What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
10And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter.
11And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
12And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.
4And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of diuorcement, and to put her away.
5And Iesus answered, and said vnto them, For the hardnesse of your heart, he wrote you this precept.
6But from the beginning of the creation, God made them male, and female.
7For this cause shall a man leaue his father and mother, and cleaue to his wife,
8And they twaine shalbe one flesh: so then they are no more twaine, but one flesh.
9What therefore God hath ioyned together, let not man put asunder.
10And in the house his disciples asked him againe of the same matter.
11And he saith vnto them, *Whosoeuer shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.
12And if a woman shall put away her husband, and bee married to another, she committeth adulterie.
- Psalms 44:12Rank 14 from verse 1
- 1 Kings 21:25Rank 15 from verse 1
- Exodus 21:7Rank 16 from verse 1
- Esther 7:4Rank 17 from verse 1
4For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.
4For we are sold, I, and my people, †to be destroyed, to be slaine, and to perish: but if we had bene sold for bondmen, and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not counteruaile the kings dammage.
- Leviticus 25:39Rank 18 from verse 1
From verse 2
- Isaiah 59:1Rank 1 from verse 2
- Isaiah 66:4Rank 2 from verse 2
4I also will choose their delusions, and will bring their fears upon them; because when I called, none did answer; when I spake, they did not hear: but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.
4‖**I also will chuse their delusions, and will bring their feares vpon them; because when I called, none did answere, when I spake they did not heare: but they did euill before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted not.
- Numbers 11:23Rank 3 from verse 2
- Joshua 3:16Rank 4 from verse 2
16That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.
16That the waters which came downe from aboue, stood and rose vp vpon an heape very farre, from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came downe toward the sea of the plaine, euen the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed ouer right against Iericho.
- Genesis 18:14Rank 5 from verse 2
- Proverbs 1:24Rank 6 from verse 2
- Exodus 14:21Rank 7 from verse 2
21And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
21And Moses stretched out his hand ouer the Sea, and the LORD caused the Sea to goe backe by a strong East winde all that night, and made the Sea dry land, and the waters were *diuided.
- Exodus 7:21Rank 8 from verse 2
21And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink of the water of the river; and there was blood throughout all the land of Egypt.
21And the fish that was in the riuer died: and the riuer stunke, and the Egyptians could not drinke of the water of the riuer: and there was blood throughout all the land Egypt.
- Hosea 11:7Rank 9 from verse 2
- Isaiah 42:15Rank 10 from verse 2
- Isaiah 43:16Rank 11 from verse 2
- Isaiah 59:16Rank 12 from verse 2
16¶ And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.
16¶ *And hee saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessour. Therefore his arme brought saluation vnto him, and his righteousnesse, it sustained him.
- Isaiah 65:12Rank 13 from verse 2
12Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.
12**Therefore will I number you to the sword, and yee shall all bow downe to the slaughter: because when I called, yee did not answere; when I spake, yee did not heare, but did euill before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not:
- Daniel 3:15Rank 15 from verse 2
15Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
15Now if ye be ready that at what time yee heare the sound of the cornet, flute, harpe, sackbut, psalterie, and dulcimer, and all kindes of musicke, ye fall downe, and worship the image which I haue made, well: but if yee worship not, ye shall be cast the same houre into the midst of a fierie furnace, and who is that God that shall deliuer you out of my handes?
- Daniel 3:29Rank 16 from verse 2
29Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
29††*†Therefore I make a decree, That euery people, nation, and language, which speake any thing amisse against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill, because there is no other God, that can deliuer after this sort.
- Daniel 6:20Rank 17 from verse 2
20And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?
20And when he came to the den, he cryed with a lamentable voice vnto Daniel, and the king spake and said to Daniel: O Daniel, seruant of the liuing God, Is thy God whom thou seruest continually, able to deliuer thee from the Lyons?
- Exodus 7:18Rank 18 from verse 2
- Hosea 11:2Rank 19 from verse 2
- Jeremiah 35:15Rank 20 from verse 2
15I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.
15*I haue sent also vnto you all my seruants the Prophets, rising vp early and sending them, saying, Returne ye now euery man from his euil way, and amend your doings, and goe not after other gods to serue them, and ye shall dwell in the land, which I haue giuen to you, and to your fathers: but yee haue not enclined your eare, nor hearkned vnto me.
- 2 Chronicles 32:15Rank 23 from verse 2
15Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you on this manner, neither yet believe him: for no god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of mine hand, and out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of mine hand?
15Now therefore let not Hezekiah deceiue you, nor perswade you on this manner, neither yet beleeue him: for no god of any nation or kingdome was able to deliuer his people out of mine hand, & out of the hand of my fathers: how much lesse shall your God deliuer you out of mine hand?
- Exodus 14:29Rank 24 from verse 2
29But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
29But the children of Israel walked vpon drie land, in the midst of the sea, and the waters were a wall vnto them on their right hand, and on their left.
- Isaiah 19:5Rank 25 from verse 2
- Isaiah 36:20Rank 26 from verse 2
20Who are they among all the gods of these lands, that have delivered their land out of my hand, that the Lord should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
20Who are they amongst all the gods of these landes, that haue deliuered their land out of my hand, that the LORD should deliuer Ierusalem out of my hand?
- Isaiah 41:28Rank 27 from verse 2
- Isaiah 51:10Rank 28 from verse 2
- Isaiah 63:13Rank 29 from verse 2
- Jeremiah 5:1Rank 30 from verse 2
1RUN ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
1¶ Runne yee to and fro thorow the streetes of Ierusalem, and see now and knowe, and seeke in the broad places thereof, if ye can finde a man, if there be any that executeth iudgement, that seeketh the trueth, and I will pardon it.
- Psalms 106:9Rank 32 from verse 2
- Psalms 107:33Rank 33 from verse 2
- Psalms 114:3–7Rank 34 from verse 2
3The sea saw it, and fled: Jordan was driven back.
4The mountains skipped like rams, and the little hills like lambs.
5What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou wast driven back?
6Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams; and ye little hills, like lambs?
7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;
3*The sea sawe it, and fled: Iordan was driuen backe.
4The mountaines skipped like rammes: and the little hilles like lambes.
5What ailed thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Iordan, that thou wast driuen backe?
6Yee mountaines, that yee skipped like rammes: and yee little hilles like lambes?
7Tremble thou earth at the presence of the LORD: at the presence of the God of Iacob:
- Jeremiah 8:6Rank 35 from verse 2
6I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
6I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickednesse, saying, What haue I done? euery one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battell.
- Daniel 6:27Rank 36 from verse 2
- Jeremiah 7:13Rank 37 from verse 2
13And now, because ye have done all these works, saith the Lord, and I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not;
13*And now because ye haue done all these workes, saith the LORD, and I spake vnto you, rising vp earely, and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not:
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Isaiah 50:1
The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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Sense 1: A written document or statement. Sense 2: A hooked cutting tool. Sense 3: A bird's beak.
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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
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Sense 1: A female parent. Sense 2: Figuratively, a source, chief city, or maternal relation.
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divorcement
Divorce; the formal putting away of a spouse.
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The objective form of who, referring to the person or persons acted upon or related to.
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To place, set, lay, appoint, bring into a condition, or cause to be.
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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.
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Persons to whom money, goods, or another obligation are owed.
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Transferred for a price or gave over.
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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.
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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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iniquities
Acts or conditions of wickedness, unrighteousness, transgression, or sin; the guilt or burden of such wrongdoing.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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transgressions
Violations, rebellions, trespasses, or acts that break commands, law, covenant, or boundaries.
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Isaiah 50:2
1. For that reason, or as a conclusion from what precedes; therefore or consequently. 2. For what reason or purpose; why.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of call. Sense 1: To name. Sense 2: To summon or invite. Sense 3: To proclaim or address. Sense 4: To request.
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Sense 1: A reply or response. Sense 2: As a verb, to reply, respond, or give account.
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Sense 1: The part of the body at the end of the arm. Sense 2: Figuratively, power, possession, aid, or agency.
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Made shorter, reduced, or brought to an earlier end.
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Is unable to; is not able to.
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Sense 1: To buy back, repurchase, recover, or release a person or thing by payment, substitute, or appointed valuation. Sense 2: To rescue, free, or deliver from bondage, captivity, danger, death, enemies, trouble, the curse of the law, or iniquity.
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Sense 1: Ability, strength, force, or effective capacity to act, prevail, or produce an effect. Sense 2: Authority, right, permission, rule, dominion, or control. Sense 3: A person, authority, host, spiritual being, or other agent possessing or manifesting power.
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Sense 1: To rescue, save, free, or bring safely out of danger or bondage. Sense 2: To hand over, give up, or place into another's power or possession. Sense 3: To bring forth, convey, declare, or commit something to another. Sense 4: To give birth or be delivered of a child.
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1. Used as an attention word or command directing someone to look at or take notice of the person, thing, statement, or event presented: look; see; take notice. 2. As a verb, to look upon, see, observe, or witness.
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1. A reproof, censure, or expression of blame or displeasure; to reprove or censure. 2. To command something to cease or be restrained.
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Sense 1: Without moisture. Sense 2: To become or make free from moisture.
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1. A great body or expanse of gathered waters, including a named sea or lake, in which ships and creatures move. 2. The large brazen or molten basin made for the temple and called a sea. 3. Something represented or compared as a sea.
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To form, create, produce, cause, appoint, perform, or render into a stated condition.
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COMBINED MEANING
wilderness
Uncultivated, desolate, sparsely inhabited, or uninhabited land; a desert, wild country, or solitary region.
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Sense 1: An aquatic animal. Sense 2: As a verb, to catch fish.
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Sense 1: The common liquid necessary for life. Sense 2: As a verb, to supply with water, irrigate, or cause to drink.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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Sense 1: A strong need or desire for drink; by figure, an intense desire for something. Sense 2: To feel thirst; by figure, to desire intensely.
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1THUS 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.
1¶ Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mothers diuorcement, whom I haue put away? or which of my creditours is it to whom I haue sold you? Behold, for your iniquities haue you solde your selues, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
Selected passage2Wherefore, 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.
2***Wherefore when I came was there no man? when I called, was there none to answere? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeeme? or haue I no power to deliuer? Beholde, at my rebuke I drie vp the sea: I make the riuers a wildernes: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.
Selected passage3I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
3I clothe the heauens with blackenesse, and I make sackcloth their couering.