Not even Lebanon could supply enough firewood for a sacrifice; its wild animals would not provide enough burnt offerings.

Who decreed this from the beginning, so we could know? Who announced it ahead of time, so we could say, ‘He’s correct’? Indeed, none of them decreed it! Indeed, none of them announced it! Indeed, no one heard you say anything!

I will place the key to the house of David on his shoulder. When he opens the door, no one can close it; when he closes the door, no one can open it.

I look, but there is no one, among them there is no one who serves as an adviser, that I might ask questions and receive answers.

I am the Lord, I have no peer, there is no God but me. I arm you for battle, even though you do not recognize me.

There was no one to lead her among all the children she bore; there was no one to take her by the hand among all the children she raised.

I looked, but there was no one to help; I was shocked because there was no one offering support. So my right arm accomplished deliverance; my raging anger drove me on.

I, I am the Lord, and there is no deliverer besides me.

There will be no prosperity for the wicked,” says the Lord.

Why does no one challenge me when I come? Why does no one respond when I call? Is my hand too weak to deliver you? Do I lack the power to rescue you? Look, with a mere shout I can dry up the sea; I can turn streams into a desert, so the fish rot away and die from lack of water.

There will be no prosperity,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

Their land is full of gold and silver; there is no end to their wealth. Their land is full of horses; there is no end to their chariots.

At that time the brother will shout, ‘I am no doctor, I have no food or coat in my house; don’t make me a leader of the people!’”

None tire or stumble, they don’t stop to nap or sleep. They don’t loosen their belts, or unstrap their sandals to rest.

I replied, “How long, sovereign master?” He said, “Until cities are in ruins and unpopulated, and houses are uninhabited, and the land is ruined and devastated,

But these people are looted and plundered; all of them are trapped in pits and held captive in prisons. They were carried away as loot with no one to rescue them; they were carried away as plunder, and no one says, “Bring that back!”

The godly perish, but no one cares. Honest people disappear, when no one minds that the godly disappear because of evil.

No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin.

He sees there is no advocate; he is shocked that no one intervenes. So he takes matters into his own hands; his desire for justice drives him on.

The cities of Aroer are abandoned. They will be used for herds, which will lie down there in peace.