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 youto pay a debt?Because of the evil things you did, I sold you.Because of the times she turned against me, 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,and their fish rot because there is no water;they 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 teachso that I know 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 himnor stopped following him.