²⁴ Since I called out and you refused,^(A)
extended my hand and no one paid attention,^(B)

²⁸ When I look, there is no one;
there is no counselor among them;
when I ask them, they have nothing to say.^(A)

² Why was no one there when I came?
Why was there no one to answer when I called?
Is my arm too weak to redeem?^(A)
Or do I have no power to rescue?
Look, I dry up the sea by my rebuke;^(B)
I turn the rivers into a wilderness;
their fish rot because of lack of water
and die of thirst.

⁴ So I will choose their punishment,
and I will bring on them what they dread
because I called and no one answered;
I spoke and they did not listen;
they did what was evil in my sight
and chose what I did not delight in.^(A)