¹⁵ I will lay waste mountains and hills
and dry up all their vegetation.
I will turn rivers into islands
and dry up marshes.^(A)

² Why was no one there when I came?
Why was there no one to answer when I called?
Is My hand too short to redeem?^(A)
Or do I have no power to deliver?
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.