1. This is what the Lord says:“Where is your mother’s divorce certificateby which I divorced her?Or to which of my creditors did I sell you?Look, you were sold because of your sins;because of your rebellious acts I divorced your mother.
2. Why does no one challenge me when I come?Why does no one respond when I call?Is my hand too weak to deliver you?Do I lack the power to rescue you?Look, with a mere shout I can dry up the sea;I can turn streams into a desert,so the fish rot away and die from lack of water.
3. I can clothe the sky in darkness;I can cover it with sackcloth.”
4. The sovereign Lord has given me the capacity to be his spokesman,so that I know how to help the weary.He wakes me up every morning;he makes me alert so I can listen attentively as disciples do.