อิสยาห์ 50:2
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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Study Note
God's question 'wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer?' frames Israel's problem not as divine absence but as human unresponsiveness — the initiative was God's, the silence was Israel's. The following demonstration of divine power (drying up the sea, clothing heavens in blackness) is a compressed recitation of the Exodus plagues and the Sinai theophany, proving that God's capacity to deliver remains fully intact. The rhetorical question 'is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem?' became a touchstone for faith confronting circumstances where redemption seems impossible, deployed in Numbers 11:23 (God to Moses about the quail) and developed in the New Testament's logic of divine omnipotence. The verse reflects the Deutero-Isaiah pattern: exile is not evidence of divine impotence but of human obstinacy — a reframing that converts despair into responsibility.
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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 stink, because there is no water, and die for thirst.
Wherefore have I come, and there is no one? I called, and there is none answering, Hath My hand been at all short of redemption? And is there not in me power to deliver? Lo, by My rebuke I dry up a sea, I make rivers a wilderness, Their fish stinketh, for there is no water, And dieth with thirst.
Why, then, when I came, was there no man? and no one to give answer to my voice? has my hand become feeble, so that it is unable to take up your cause? or have I no power to make you free? See, at my word the sea becomes dry, I make the rivers a waste land: their fish are dead for need of water, and make an evil smell.
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