12. Let them give glory to the Lord,and declare his praise in the islands.
13. The Lord will go out like a mighty man.He will stir up zeal like a man of war.He will raise a war cry.Yes, he will shout aloud.He will triumph over his enemies.
14. “I have been silent a long time.I have been quiet and restrained myself.Now I will cry out like a travailing woman. I will both gasp and pant.
15. I will destroy mountains and hills,and dry up all their herbs.I will make the rivers islands,and will dry up the pools.
16. I will bring the blind by a way that they don’t know.I will lead them in paths that they don’t know.I will make darkness light before them,and crooked places straight.I will do these things,and I will not forsake them.
17. “Those who trust in engraved images,who tell molten images,‘You are our gods’will be turned back.They will be utterly disappointed.