“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.”
The question about God's power—'Why, when I came, was there no one? When I called, was there no one to answer? Is my hand shortened, that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver?'—questions whether God's silence indicates inability or unwillingness. The rhetorical questions suggest that apparent absence does not indicate actual powerlessness. The reference to shortened hand echoes biblical language about divine power. This verse reassures Israel that God's apparent distance masks continued power.
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