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| 1 Thus said Jehovah: 'Where [is] this the bill of your mother's divorce, Whom I sent away Or to which of My creditors have I sold you Lo, for your iniquities ye have been sold, And for your transgressions Hath your mother been sent away. |
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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 at all short of redemption And is there not in me power to deliver Lo, by My rebuke I dry up a sea, I make rivers a wilderness, Their fish stinketh, for there is no water, And dieth with thirst. |
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| 3 I clothe the heavens [with] blackness, And sackcloth I make their covering. |
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| 4 The Lord Jehovah hath given to me The tongue of taught ones, To know to aid the weary [by] a word, He waketh morning by morning, He waketh for me an ear to hear as taught ones. |
The Lord GOD – Adonai Jehovah. E52
Hath given me – Christ. E51
Jesus, the great teacher appointed by the master teacher, Jehovah, is himself taught of Jehovah. E51
Of the learned – Instructed. E51
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| 5 The Lord Jehovah opened for me the ear, And I rebelled not backward I moved not. |
The Lord GOD – Adonai Jehovah. E52
Turned away back – From his teachings. E52
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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 shame and spitting. |
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| 7 And the Lord Jehovah giveth help to me, Therefore I have not been ashamed, Therefore I have set my face as a flint, And I know that I am not ashamed. |
GOD will help me – On the assurances of the Lord we may rest. R5432:2
Set...like a flint – To do God's will, describing loyalty to God and his truth. R4670:5*
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I have set my face like a flint – This was prophetically said of Pastor Russell. Compare Eze. 3:8-9.
This is also true of the Lord's people today. Our face (forehead, intellect) is set like flint. Because the Lord has graced us with an understanding of Present Truth and we know that it is indeed THE TRUTH, we are determined to be faithful to His Word, and to Him. |
| 8 Near [is] He who is justifying me, Who doth contend with me We stand together, who [is] mine opponent Let him come nigh unto me. |
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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 garment wear out, A moth doth eat them. |
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| 10 Who [is] among you, fearing Jehovah, Hearkening to the voice of His servant, That hath walked in dark places, And there is no brightness for him Let him trust in the name of Jehovah, And lean upon his God. |
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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 ye have caused to burn, From my hand hath this been to you, In grief ye lie down! |
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