43 For thus saith the Lord: "I will contend with them that contendeth with thee, And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh.
44 And they shall be drunken with their own blood as with sweet wine.
45 And all flesh shall know that I, the Lord, am thy Savior, And thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
46 "Yea, " for thus saith the Lord, "have I put thee away? Or have I cast thee off forever?"
47 For thus saith the Lord: "Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement?
48 To whom have I put thee away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you?
49 Yea, to whom have I sold you?
50 Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, And for your transgressions is your mother put away.
51 Wherefore, when I came, there was no man. When I called, yea, there was none to answer.
52 O house of Israel, Is My hand shortened at all that it cannot redeem? Or have I no power to deliver?
53 Behold, at My rebuke I dry up the sea - I make the rivers a wilderness, And their fish to stink because the waters are dried up, And they dieth because of thirst.