12. Let them give glory to the Lord,and utter his praise in the coastlands.
13. The Lord goes forth like a warrior,like a man of war he stirs up his fury;He shouts out his battle cry,against his enemies he shows his might:
14. For a long time I have kept silent,I have said nothing, holding myself back;Now I cry out like a woman in labor,gasping and panting.
15. I will lay waste mountains and hills,all their undergrowth I will dry up;I will turn the rivers into marshes,and the marshes I will dry up.
16. I will lead the blind on a way they do not know;by paths they do not know I will guide them.I will turn darkness into light before them,and make crooked ways straight.These are my promises:I made them, I will not forsake them.
17. They shall be turned back in utter shamewho trust in idols;Who say to molten images,“You are our gods.”
18. You deaf ones, listen,you blind ones, look and see!
19. Who is blind but my servant,or deaf like the messenger I send?Who is blind like the one I restore,blind like the servant of the Lord?
20. You see many things but do not observe;ears open, but do not hear.
21. It was the Lord’s will for the sake of his justiceto make his teaching great and glorious.
22. This is a people plundered and despoiled,all of them trapped in holes,hidden away in prisons.They are taken as plunder, with no one to rescue them,as spoil, with no one to say, “Give back!”