Isaiah 50:2-4

Lexham English Bible

² Why was there no man when I came,
    no one who answered when I called?
Do I lack the strength to save?^[a]
    Or is there no power in me to deliver?
Look! by my rebuke I dry up the sea;
    I make^[b] the rivers a desert;
their fish stink because there is no water,
    and they^[c] die because of thirst.
³ I clothe the heavens with darkness,
    and I make^[d] their covering sackcloth.”

⁴ The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of a pupil,
    to know how to help the weary with a word.
He awakens morning by morning,^[e]
    awakens an ear for me to listen as do the pupils.