Isaiah 50

50 This is what the Lord says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce     with which I sent her away? Or to which of my creditors     did I sell you? Because of your sins you were sold;     because of your transgressions your mother was sent away. 2 When I came, why was there no one?     When I called, why was there no one to answer? Was my arm too short to deliver you?     Do I lack the strength to rescue you? By a mere rebuke I dry up the sea,     I turn rivers into a desert; their fish rot for lack of water     and die of thirst. 3 I clothe the heavens with darkness     and make sackcloth its covering.”