13. For I, Yahweh your God, hold your right handand say to you: Do not fear,I will help you.
14. Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel:I will help you —this is the Lord’s declaration.Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
15. See, I will make you into a sharp threshing board,new, with many teeth.You will thresh mountains and pulverize themand make hills into chaff.
16. You will winnow them and a wind will carry them away,a gale will scatter them.But you will rejoice in the Lord;you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.
17. The poor and the needy seek water, but there is none;their tongues are parched with thirst.I, Yahweh, will answer them; I, the God of Israel, will not forsake them.
18. I will open rivers on the barren heights, and springs in the middle of the plains.I will turn the desert into a pool of waterand dry land into springs of water.
19. I will plant cedars in the desert,acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will put juniper trees in the desert,elms and cypress trees together,