^2 (A)Why, when I came, was there no man;
    why, when I called, was there no one to answer?
^(B)Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem?
    Or have I no power to deliver?
^(C)Behold, by my rebuke ^(D)I dry up the sea,
    ^(E)I make the rivers a desert;
^(F)their fish stink for lack of water
    and die of thirst.

59 Behold, ^(A)the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save,
    or his ear dull, that it cannot hear;

^4 (A)I also will choose harsh treatment for them
    and bring ^(B)their fears upon them,
^(C)because when I called, no one answered,
    when I spoke, they did not listen;
^(D)but they did what was evil in my eyes
    and chose that in which I did not delight.”

^4 (A)He rebukes the sea and makes it dry;
    he dries up all the rivers;
^(B)Bashan and ^(C)Carmel wither;
    the bloom of ^(D)Lebanon withers.

⁷ My people are bent ^(A)on turning away from me,
    and though ^(B)they call out to the Most High,
    he shall not raise them up at all.