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Thus says the Lord , "Where is the ^(a)certificate of divorce By which I have ^(b)sent your mother away? Or to whom of My creditors did I ^(c)sell you? Behold, you were sold for your ^(d)iniquities, And for your ^(e)transgressions your mother ^(f)was sent away.

"Why was there ^(g)no man when I came? When I called, why was there none to answer? Is My ^(h)hand so short that it cannot ransom? Or have I no power to deliver? Behold, I ⁽ⁱ⁾dry up the sea with My rebuke, I ^(j)make the rivers a wilderness; Their fish stink for lack of water And die of thirst.

"I ^(k)clothe the heavens with blackness And make sackcloth their covering."