Isaiah 50:2-4

New International Reader's Version

² When I came to save you, why didn’t anyone welcome me?
    When I called out to you, why didn’t anyone answer me?
Wasn’t I powerful enough to set you free?
    Wasn’t I strong enough to save you?
I dry up the sea with a single command.
    I turn rivers into a desert.
Then fish rot because they do not have any water.
    They die because they are thirsty.
³ I make the sky turn dark.
    It looks as if it’s dressed in clothing sad people wear.”