"Why did my people fail to respond when I went to them to save them? Why did they not answer when I called? Am I too weak to save them? I can dry up the sea with a command and turn rivers into a desert, so that the fish in them die for lack of water.

Is anything too hard for the LORD? As I said, nine months from now I will return, and Sarah will have a son."

"Is there a limit to my power?" the LORD answered. "You will soon see whether what I have said will happen or not!"

"Sovereign LORD, you made the earth and the sky by your great power and might; nothing is too difficult for you.

"Who is this coming from the city of Bozrah in Edom? Who is this so splendidly dressed in red, marching along in power and strength?" It is the LORD, powerful to save, coming to announce his victory.

And so he is able, now and always, to save those who come to God through him, because he lives forever to plead with God for them.

Then he said to me, "Make the minds of these people dull, their ears deaf, and their eyes blind, so that they cannot see or hear or understand. If they did, they might turn to me and be healed."

because their minds are dull, and they have stopped up their ears and have closed their eyes. Otherwise, their eyes would see, their ears would hear, their minds would understand, and they would turn to me, says God, and I would heal them.'