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.

“Behold, I am going to ^(A)plead your case
And ^(B)take vengeance for you;
And ^(C)I will dry up her ^[a]sea
And make her fountain dry.

¹² Moreover, I will make the ^(A)Nile canals dry
And ^(B)sell the land into the hands of evil men.
And I will make the land desolate
And ^[a]all that is in it,
By the hand of strangers; I the Lord have spoken.”