50:1   The Almighty God, the LORD, speaks; he calls to the whole earth from east to west.

50:2   God shines from Zion, the city perfect in its beauty.

50:3   Our God is coming, but not in silence; a raging fire is in front of him, a furious storm around him.

50:4   He calls heaven and earth as witnesses to see him judge his people.

50:5   He says, "Gather my faithful people to me, those who made a covenant with me by offering a sacrifice."

50:6   The heavens proclaim that God is righteous, that he himself is judge.

50:7   "Listen, my people, and I will speak; I will testify against you, Israel. I am God, your God.

50:8   I do not reprimand you because of your sacrifices and the burnt offerings you always bring me.

50:9   And yet I do not need bulls from your farms or goats from your flocks;

50:10   all the animals in the forest are mine and the cattle on thousands of hills.

50:11   All the wild birds are mine and all living things in the fields.

50:12   "If I were hungry, I would not ask you for food, for the world and everything in it is mine.

50:13   Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?

50:14   Let the giving of thanks be your sacrifice to God, and give the Almighty all that you promised.

50:15   Call to me when trouble comes; I will save you, and you will praise me."

50:16   But God says to the wicked, "Why should you recite my commandments? Why should you talk about my covenant?

50:17   You refuse to let me correct you; you reject my commands.

50:18   You become the friend of every thief you see, and you associate with adulterers.

50:19   "You are always ready to speak evil; you never hesitate to tell lies.

50:20   You are ready to accuse your own relatives and to find fault with them.

50:21   You have done all this, and I have said nothing, so you thought that I am like you. But now I reprimand you and make the matter plain to you.

50:22   "Listen to this, you that ignore me, or I will destroy you, and there will be no one to save you.

50:23   Giving thanks is the sacrifice that honors me, and I will surely save all who obey me."