⁹ For this is a ^(A)rebellious people, ^(B)false sons,
Sons who ^[a]refuse to ^(C)listen
To the ^[b]instruction of the Lord;

² “Why was there ^(A)no man when I came?
When I called, why was there none to answer?
Is My ^(B)hand so short that it cannot ransom?
Or have I no power to deliver?
Behold, I ^(C)dry up the sea with My rebuke,
I ^(D)make the rivers a wilderness;
Their fish stink for lack of water
And die of thirst.