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Isaiah 50:2

Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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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29 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מַדּ֨וּעַma.Du.a'why?H4069 →
בָּ֜אתִיBa.tidid I comeH935 →
וְאֵ֣יןve.'Einand there notH369 →
אִ֗ישׁ'Ish[was] anyoneH376 →
קָרָֽאתִי֮ka.ra.Tidid I call?H7121 →
וְאֵ֣יןve.'Einand there notH369 →
עוֹנֶה֒o.Neh[was one who] answeredH6030 →
הֲקָצ֨וֹרha.ka.Tzor¿ really <to be short>H7114 →
קָצְרָ֤הka.tze.Rahwas it [too] shortH7114 →
יָדִי֙ya.Dihand myH3027 →
מִפְּד֔וּתmi.pe.Dutfor ransomH6304 →
וְאִם־ve.'im-and or?H518 →
אֵֽין־'ein-[was] there notH369 →
בִּ֥יbiin <the> me
כֹ֖חַKho.achstrengthH3581 →
לְהַצִּ֑ילle.ha.Tzilto deliverH5337 →
הֵ֣ןhenhere!H2005 →
בְּגַעֲרָתִ֞יbe.ga.'a.ra.Tiby rebuke myH1606 →
אַחֲרִ֣יב'a.cha.RivI dry upH2717 →
יָ֗םYam[the] seaH3220 →
אָשִׂ֤ים'a.SimI makeH7760 →
נְהָרוֹת֙ne.ha.rOtriversH5104 →
מִדְבָּ֔רmid.Bara wildernessH4057 →
תִּבְאַ֤שׁtiv.'Ashit will stinkH887 →
דְּגָתָם֙de.ga.Tamfish theirH1710 →
מֵאֵ֣יןme.'Einfrom notH369 →
מַ֔יִםMa.yimwaterH4325 →
וְתָמֹ֖תve.ta.Motand it will dieH4191 →
בַּצָּמָֽא׃ba.tza.Ma'by <the> thirstH6772 →

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Isaiah 59:1Surely the arm of the LORD is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.Isaiah 66:4So I will choose their punishment and I will bring terror upon them, because I called and no one answered, I spoke and no one listened. But they did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”Numbers 11:23The LORD answered Moses, “Is the LORD’s arm too short? Now you will see whether or not My word will come to pass.”Joshua 3:16the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.Proverbs 1:24Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand,Genesis 18:14Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”Exodus 14:21Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,Isaiah 43:16Thus says the LORD, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the surging waters,Hosea 11:7My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.Nahum 1:4He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.Isaiah 65:12I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight.”Isaiah 59:16He saw that there was no man; He was amazed that there was no one to intercede. So His own arm brought salvation, and His own righteousness sustained Him.Exodus 7:21The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.Isaiah 42:15I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.Daniel 3:29Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego will be cut into pieces and their houses reduced to rubble. For there is no other god who can deliver in this way.”Exodus 7:18The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’”John 1:11He came to His own, and His own did not receive Him.Hosea 11:2But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images.

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