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Why did I come but there was no one there? Why did I call but no one answered?
"When I came to you, you should have been there, but you were not. When I called you, you should have answered, but you did not." or "When I came to speak to you, you did not respond to me."
Was my hand too short to ransom you? Was there no power in me to rescue you?
"My hand was certainly not too short for me to ransom you, and I had the power to rescue you!" or "I certainly have the power to rescue you from your enemies."
Was my hand too short
"Was I not strong enough"
Was there no power in me
"Did I not have the power"
I make the rivers a desert
"I make the rivers as dry as a desert"
their fish die for lack of water and rot
"their fish die and rot for lack of water." The word "their" refers to the sea and the rivers.