and shall
be cast down.
The nations are without a witness,
the Kings
speak boastful and unrestrained words.
The Word
of God which we have not heard is forgotten and lost.
We are despised and rejected by men;
men of
sorrows and forever acquainted with grief.
Surely we will bear our griefs, even to Hell;
our
sorrow is our faithful companion all the days of our lives.
We are stricken, smitten by God, and afflicted.
We are
cursed for our transgressions;
We are
crushed for our iniquities;
We are
without peace and without hope in the World.
Our sores
are gangrenous and licked by the wild dogs; without remedy.
We like sheep have gone astray,
and no shepherd
leaves the flock to search for us.
Our iniquities fester and multiply.
We are oppressed, afflicted,
we cry
out in agony, torn asunder like lost lambs amongst the wolves.
By injustice and oppression we find no reprieve in the
lawless courts of men;
my
generation is lost, stricken for my transgression and theirs.
Our graves are hewn for the wicked;
rich and
poor alike; we shall perish and shall see corruption in them.
Our violence has taken us away,
and our
deceit has sealed our fate.
And it was the will of the Lord to punish us,
He has
put us to grief,
There is
no guilt offering, no substitute;
We and
our children are lost forever.
Of the anguish of our soul! We shall never be free;
I could
not save myself, I can neither save others;
I cannot
bear even the weight of mine own iniquities.
My portion is lost, my spoil is wasted on those who will
fall after me;
My lifeblood
is splattered on the ground,
amongst the blood of a multitude of transgressors.
Each
bearing the immeasurable weight of his sins.
There is
no intercession for the transgressors.
But…Jesus… (Isaiah 52:13-53:12)
