1 This is what the Lord says:“People of Israel, you say I divorced your mother.Then where is the paper that proves it?Or do you think I sold you to pay a debt?No! It was because of the evil things you did that I sold you.It was because of the times she turned against me that your mother was sent away.
2 I came home and found no one there.I called, but no one answered.Do you think I am not able to save you?Do I not have the power to save you?Look, I need only to shout, and the sea becomes dry.I change rivers into a desert.Their fish rot because there is no water.The fish die of thirst.
3 I can make the skies dark.I can make them black like clothes of sadness.”
4 The Lord God gave me the ability to teach.He has taught me what to say to make the weak strong.Every morning he wakes me.He teaches me to listen like a student.
5 The Lord God helps me learn.And I have not turned against him.I have not stopped following him.