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Why was no one there when I came?
    Why did no one answer when I called?[a]
Is my hand too short to ransom?
    Have I not the strength to deliver?
See, with my rebuke I dry up the sea,
    I turn rivers into wilderness;
Their fish rot for lack of water,
    and die of thirst.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 50:2 Israel’s faith in God is weak; the people do not answer God’s call, nor believe promises of deliverance.

23 The Lord answered Moses: Is this beyond the Lord’s reach? You shall see now whether or not what I have said to you takes place.

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