² Why was there ^(A)no one when I came?
When I called, why was there no one to answer?
Is My ^(B)hand so short that it cannot redeem?
Or do I have no power to rescue?
Behold, I ^(C)dry up the sea with My rebuke,
I ^(D)turn rivers into a wilderness;
Their fish stink for lack of water,
And die of thirst.

² “I will completely ^(A)remove all things
From the face of the ^[a]earth,” declares the Lord.

³ “I will remove ^(A)human and animal life;
I will remove the ^(B)birds of the sky
And the fish of the sea,
And the ^[a](C)ruins along with the wicked;
And I will eliminate mankind from the face of the ^[b]earth,” declares the Lord.