Isaiah 50:1-3

Common English Bible

50 The Lord says:
Where’s your mother’s divorce decree,
    with which I sent her away?
Or to which lender did I sell you?
    On account of your sins you were sold;
    on account of your transgressions
    your mother was sent away.
² Why did I come and find no one?
    Why did I call when no one answered?
Is my hand too small to redeem you?^[a]
    Don’t I have enough power to save?
With my rebuke I dry up the sea
    and make the rivers into wilderness.
Their fish stink from lack of water;
    they die of thirst.
³ I clothe the heavens with darkness
    and cover them with funeral clothing.