15. “I am going to make you into a new threshing sledgewith sharp, double-edged teeth.You will thresh the mountains and crush them to dust.You will turn the hills into straw.
16. You will winnow them.The wind will carry them away.The windstorm will scatter them.But you will find joy in the Lordand praise the Holy One of Israel.
17. “The poor and needy are looking for water, but there is none.Their tongues are parched with thirst.I, the Lord, will answer them.I, the God of Israel, will not abandon them.
18. I will make rivers flow on bare hilltops.I will make springs flow through valleys.I will turn deserts into lakes.I will turn dry land into springs.