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Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because there is no water, and dieth for thirst.

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when I came.

Isa. 59:16• ¹⁶And he saw that there was no man, and he wondered that there was no intercessor; and his arm brought him salvation, and his righteousness, it sustained him. (Isa. 59:16)

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Isa. 65:12• ¹²I will even assign you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down in the slaughter; because I called, and ye did not answer, I spoke, and ye did not hear; but ye did what was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delight not. (Isa. 65:12)

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Isa. 66:4• ⁴I also will choose their calamities, and will bring their fears upon them; because I called, and none answered, I spoke, and they did not hear, but did that which was evil in mine eyes, and chose that wherein I delight not. (Isa. 66:4)

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Prov. 1:24• ²⁴Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no one regarded; (Prov. 1:24)

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Jer. 5:1• ¹Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broadways thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that doeth justice, that seeketh fidelity; and I will pardon it. (Jer. 5:1)

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Jer. 7:13• ¹³And now, because ye have done all these works, saith Jehovah, and I spoke unto you, rising up early and speaking, and ye heard not, and I called you, and ye answered not; (Jer. 7:13)

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Jer. 8:6• ⁶I hearkened and heard: they speak not what is right; there is no man who repenteth him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? Every one turneth to his course, like a horse rushing into the battle. (Jer. 8:6)

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Jer. 35:15• ¹⁵And I have sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them; and ye shall dwell in the land that I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear nor hearkened unto me. (Jer. 35:15)

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Hos. 11:2,7• ²As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baals, and burned incense to graven images.
⁷Yea, my people are bent upon backsliding from me: though they call them to the Most High, none at all exalteth him. (Hos. 11:2,7)

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John 1:11• ¹¹He came to his own, and his own received him not; (John 1:11)

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John 3:19• ¹⁹And this is the judgment, that light is come into the world, and men have loved darkness rather than light; for their works were evil. (John 3:19)

Is my.

Isa. 59:1• ¹Behold, Jehovah's hand is not shortened that it cannot save, neither his ear heavy that it cannot hear; (Isa. 59:1)

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Gen. 18:14• ¹⁴Is any matter too wonderful for Jehovah? At the time appointed I will return to thee, at this time of the year, and Sarah shall have a son. (Gen. 18:14)

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Num. 11:23• ²³And Jehovah said to Moses, Hath Jehovah's hand become short? Now shalt thou see whether my word will come to pass unto thee or not. (Num. 11:23)

have I.

Isa. 36:20• ²⁰Who are they among all the gods of these countries that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand? (Isa. 36:20)

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2 Chron. 32:15• ¹⁵And now, let not Hezekiah deceive you, nor persuade you in this manner, neither yet believe him; for no +god of any nation or kingdom was able to deliver his people out of my hand, nor out of the hand of my fathers: how much less shall your God deliver you out of my hand? (2 Chron. 32:15)

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Dan. 3:15,29• ¹⁵Now if ye be ready at the time that ye hear the sound of the cornet, pipe, lute, sambuca, psaltery, and bagpipe, and all kinds of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, well: but if ye worship not, ye shall be cast that same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace: and who is the God that shall deliver you out of my hands?
²⁹Therefore I make a decree, that in every people, nation, and language, he who shall speak anything amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and his house shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that is able to deliver after this sort. (Dan. 3:15,29)

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Dan. 6:20,27• ²⁰And when he came near unto the den, he cried with a mournful voice unto Daniel: the king spoke and said unto Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, hath thy God whom thou servest continually been able to save thee from the lions?
²⁷He saveth and delivereth, and he worketh signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth: who hath saved Daniel from the power of the lions. (Dan. 6:20,27)

at my.

Psa. 106:9• ⁹And he rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; and he led them through the deeps as through a wilderness. (Psa. 106:9)

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Nah. 1:4• ⁴He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. (Nah. 1:4)

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Mark 4:39• ³⁹And awaking up he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, Silence; be mute. And the wind fell, and there was a great calm. (Mark 4:39)

I dry.

Isa. 42:15• ¹⁵I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools. (Isa. 42:15)

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Isa. 43:16• ¹⁶Thus saith Jehovah, who maketh a way in the sea, and a path in the mighty waters, (Isa. 43:16)

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Isa. 51:10• ¹⁰Is it not thou that dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; that made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over? (Isa. 51:10)

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Isa. 63:13• ¹³--who led them through the depths, like a horse in the wilderness, and they stumbled not? (Isa. 63:13)

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Ex. 14:21,29• ²¹And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and Jehovah made the sea go back by a strong east wind all the night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
²⁹And the children of Israel walked on dry ground through the midst of the sea; and the waters were a wall to them on their right hand and on their left. (Ex. 14:21,29)

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Josh. 3:16• ¹⁶the waters which flowed down from above stood and rose up in a heap, very far, by Adam, the city that is beside Zaretan; and those that flowed down towards the sea of the plain, the salt sea, were completely cut off. And the people went over opposite to Jericho. (Josh. 3:16)

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Psa. 107:33• ³³He maketh rivers into a wilderness, and water-springs into dry ground; (Psa. 107:33)

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Psa. 114:3‑7• ³The sea saw it and fled, the Jordan turned back;
⁴The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like lambs.
⁵What ailed thee, thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, that thou turnedst back?
⁶Ye mountains, that ye skipped like rams? ye hills, like lambs?
⁷Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the +God of Jacob, (Psa. 114:3‑7)

their fish.

Ex. 7:18,21• ¹⁸And the fish that is in the river shall die; and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink the water out of the river.
²¹And the fish that was in the river died; and the river stank, and the Egyptians could not drink the water of the river; and the blood was throughout the land of Egypt. (Ex. 7:18,21)

• The succeeding verses are a prophetic arraignment of the people as to their rejection of their Messiah at His first advent. When He came, there was, as verse 2 predicts, none among the leaders of the people to answer to His call. (“Isaiah 50” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Wherefore did I come, and there was no man? I called, and there was none to answer? Is my hand at all shortened that I cannot redeem, or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make rivers a wilderness; their fish stink because there is no water, and die for thirst.