Is anything impossible for the Lord? At the appointed time I will come back to you, and in about a year she will have a son.’
Isaiah 50:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Why was no one there when I came? Why was there no one to answer when I called? Is my arm too weak to redeem? Or do I have no power to rescue? Look, I dry up the sea by my rebuke; I turn the rivers into a wilderness; their fish rot because of lack of water and die of thirst. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Why, when I came, was there no man? When I called, why was there no one 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 desert; their fish stink because there is no water, and they die of thirst. American Standard Version (1901) 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 stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst. Common English Bible Why did I come and find no one? Why did I call when no one answered? Is my hand too small to redeem you? Don’t I have enough power to save? With my rebuke I dry up the sea and make the rivers into wilderness. Their fish stink from lack of water; they die of thirst. Catholic Public Domain Version For I arrived, and there was no man. I called out, and there was no one who would hear. Has my hand been shortened and become small, so that I am unable to redeem? Or is there no power in me to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke, I will make the sea into a desert. I will turn rivers into dry land. The fish will rot for lack of water and will die of thirst. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because I came, and there was not a man: I called, and there was none that would hear. Is my hand shortened and become little, that I cannot redeem? Or is there no strength in me to deliver? Behold, at my rebuke I will make the sea a desert, I will turn the rivers into dry land: the fishes shall rot for want of water and shall die for thirst. |
Is anything impossible for the Lord? At the appointed time I will come back to you, and in about a year she will have a son.’
So now, don’t let Hezekiah deceive you, and don’t let him mislead you like this. Don’t believe him, for no god of any nation or kingdom has been able to rescue his people from my power or the power of my predecessors. How much less will your God rescue you from my power! ” ’
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. The Lord drove the sea back with a powerful east wind all that night and turned the sea into dry land. So the waters were divided,
But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with the waters like a wall to them on their right and their left.
The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink water from it.’
The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad the Egyptians could not drink water from it. There was blood throughout the land of Egypt.
Since I called out and you refused, extended my hand and no one paid attention,
The Lord will divide , the Gulf of Suez. He will wave his hand over the Euphrates with his mighty wind and will split it into seven streams, letting people walk through on foot.
The water of the sea will dry up, and the river will be parched and dry.
He stretched out his hand over the sea; he made kingdoms tremble. The Lord has commanded that the Canaanite fortresses be destroyed.
Who among all the gods of these lands ever rescued his land from my power? So will the Lord rescue Jerusalem from my power? ’
When I look, there is no one; there is no counsellor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.
I will lay waste mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn rivers into islands and dry up marshes.
This is what the Lord says – who makes a way in the sea, and a path through raging water,
who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry,’ and I will dry up your rivers;
Wasn’t it you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep, who made the sea-bed into a road for the redeemed to pass over?
For the Lord has called you, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, a wife of one’s youth when she is rejected,’ says your God.
Indeed, the Lord’s arm is not too weak to save, and his ear is not too deaf to hear.
He saw that there was no man – he was amazed that there was no one interceding; so his own arm brought salvation, and his own righteousness supported him.
and led them through the depths like a horse in the wilderness, so that they did not stumble.
All of us have become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like a polluted garment; all of us wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
I will destine you for the sword, and all of you will kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not hear; you did what was evil in my sight and chose what I did not delight in.’
So I will choose their punishment, and I will bring on them what they dread because I called and no one answered; I spoke and they did not listen; they did what was evil in my sight and chose what I did not delight in.
Why are you like a helpless man, like a warrior unable to save? Yet you are among us, Lord, and we bear your name. Don’t leave us!
The words of Jonadab, son of Rechab, have been carried out. He commanded his descendants not to drink wine, and they have not drunk to this day because they have obeyed their ancestor’s command. But I have spoken to you time and time again, , and you have not obeyed me!
Time and time again I have sent you all my servants the prophets, proclaiming, ‘Turn, each one from his evil way, and correct your actions. Stop following other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I gave you and your ancestors.’ But you did not pay attention or obey me.
Roam through the streets of Jerusalem. Investigate; search in her squares. If you find one person, any who acts justly, who pursues faithfulness, then I will forgive her.
Now, because you have done all these things #– #this is the Lord’s declaration #– #and because I have spoken to you time and time again but you wouldn’t listen, and I have called to you, but you wouldn’t answer,
‘When you speak all these things to them, they will not listen to you. When you call to them, they will not answer you.
I have paid careful attention. They do not speak what is right. No one regrets his evil, asking, “What have I done? ” Everyone has stayed his course like a horse rushing into battle.
Now if you’re ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, drum, and every kind of music, fall down and worship the statue I made. But if you don’t worship it, you will immediately be thrown into a furnace of blazing fire #– #and who is the god who can rescue you from my power? ’
Therefore I issue a decree that anyone of any people, nation, or language who says anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be torn limb from limb and his house made a rubbish dump. For there is no other god who is able to deliver like this.’
When he reached the den, he cried out in anguish to Daniel. ‘Daniel, servant of the living God,’ the king said, ‘has your God, whom you continually serve, been able to rescue you from the lions? ’
He rescues and delivers; he performs signs and wonders in the heavens and on the earth, for he has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.’
Israel called to the Egyptians even as Israel was leaving them. They kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols.
My people are bent on turning from me. Though they call to him on high, he will not exalt them at all.
He rebukes the sea and dries it up, and he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither; even the flower of Lebanon withers.
Are you angry at the rivers, Lord? Is your wrath against the rivers? Or is your fury against the sea when you ride on your horses, your victorious chariot?
The Lord answered Moses, ‘Is the Lord’s arm weak? , Now you will see whether or not what I have promised will happen to you.’
He got up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, ‘Silence! Be still! ’ The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
This is the judgement: The light has come into the world, and people loved darkness rather than the light because their deeds were evil.
and the water flowing downstream stood still, rising up in a heap that extended as far as Adam, a city next to Zarethan. The water flowing downstream into the Sea of the Arabah #– #the Dead Sea #– #was completely cut off, and the people crossed opposite Jericho.