59 See, the Lord’s arm is not too short to save,
    nor his ear too dull to hear.^(A)

² Why was no one there when I came?
    Why did no one answer when I called?
Is my arm powerless to redeem?
    Or have I no strength to deliver?
By my rebuke I dry up the sea;
    I make the rivers a desert,
so that their fish stink for lack of water
    and die of thirst.^[a](A)

²⁴ Before they call I will answer,
    while they are yet speaking I will hear.^(A)

¹⁵ For this people’s heart has grown dull,
    and their ears are hard of hearing,
        and they have shut their eyes,
        so that they might not look with their eyes,
    and hear with their ears
and understand with their heart and turn—
    and I would heal them.’^(A)

⁹ Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer;
    you shall cry for help, and he will say, “Here I am.”