Verse 3
Isaiah 50:3
Young's Literal Translation
3
I clothe the heavens [with] blackness, And sackcloth I make their covering.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אַלְבִּ֥ישׁ שָׁמַ֖יִם קַדְר֑וּת וְ/שַׂ֖ק אָשִׂ֥ים כְּסוּתָֽ/ם
English Translation
"Do not clothe the heavens with darkness and do not put on a garment of sackcloth."
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Chapter 50 Context
1
Thus said Jehovah: 'Where [is] this -- the bill of your mother's divorce, Whom I sent away? Or to wh...
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2
Wherefore have I come, and there is no one? I called, and there is none answering, Hath My hand been...
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3
I clothe the heavens [with] blackness, And sackcloth I make their covering.
4
The Lord Jehovah hath given to me The tongue of taught ones, To know to aid the weary [by] a word, H...
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5
The Lord Jehovah opened for me the ear, And I rebelled not -- backward I moved not.
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6
My back I have given to those smiting, And my cheeks to those plucking out, My face I hid not from s...
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7
And the Lord Jehovah giveth help to me, Therefore I have not been ashamed, Therefore I have set my f...
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8
Near [is] He who is justifying me, Who doth contend with me? We stand together, who [is] mine oppone...
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9
Lo, the Lord Jehovah giveth help to me, Who [is] he that declareth me wicked? Lo, all of them as a g...
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10
Who [is] among you, fearing Jehovah, Hearkening to the voice of His servant, That hath walked in dar...
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11
Lo, all ye kindling a fire, girding on sparks, Walk ye in the light of your fire, And in the sparks...
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