13. that you forget the Lord your Maker, who stretches out the heavens and who lays the foundations of the earth, that you live in constant terror every day because of the wrath of the oppressor, who is bent on destruction? For where is the wrath of the oppressor?
14. The cowering prisoners will soon be set free; they will not die in their dungeon, nor will they lack bread.
15. For I am the Lord your God, who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar— the Lord Almighty is his name.
16. I have put my words in your mouth and covered you with the shadow of my hand— I who set the heavens in place, who laid the foundations of the earth, and who say to Zion, ‘You are my people.’ ”
17. Awake, awake! Rise up, Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the Lord the cup of his wrath, you who have drained to its dregs the goblet that makes people stagger.
18. Among all the children she bore there was none to guide her; among all the children she reared there was none to take her by the hand.
19. These double calamities have come upon you— who can comfort you?— ruin and destruction, famine and sword— who can console you?