² Why was there ^(A)no man when I came?
When I called, why was there none to answer?
Is My ^(B)hand so short that it cannot ransom?
Or have I no power to deliver?
Behold, I ^(C)dry up the sea with My rebuke;
I ^(D)make the rivers a wilderness;
Their fish stink for lack of water
And die of thirst.

In ^(A)whirlwind and storm is His way,
And ^(B)clouds are the dust beneath His feet.

⁴ He ^(C)rebukes the sea and makes it dry;
He dries up all the rivers.
^(D)Bashan and Carmel languish;
The blossoms of Lebanon languish.