16. Thou winnowest them, and a wind lifteth them up, And a whirlwind scattereth them, And thou--thou rejoicest in Jehovah, In the Holy One of Israel dost boast thyself.
17. The poor and the needy are seeking water, And there is none, Their tongue with thirst hath failed, I, Jehovah do answer them, The God of Israel--I forsake them not.
18. I open on high places rivers, And in midst of valleys fountains, I make a wilderness become a pond of water, And a dry land become springs of water.
19. I give in a wilderness the cedar, Shittah, and myrtle, and oil-tree, I set in a desert the fir-pine and box-wood together.
20. So that they see, and know, And regard, and act wisely together, For the hand of Jehovah hath done this, And the Holy One of Israel hath prepared it.
21. Bring near your cause, saith Jehovah, Bring nigh your mighty ones, saith the king of Jacob.
22. They bring nigh, and declare to us that which doth happen, The first things--what they [are] declare ye, And we set our heart, and know their latter end, Or the coming things cause us to hear.
23. Declare the things that are coming hereafter, And we know that ye [are] gods, Yea, ye may do good or do evil, And we look around and see [it] together.
24. Lo, ye [are] of nothing, and your work of nought, An abomination--it fixeth on you.
25. I have stirred up [one] from the north, And he cometh, From the rising of the sun he calleth in My name, And he cometh in [on] prefects as [on] clay, And as a potter treadeth down mire.
26. Who hath declared from the first, and we know? And beforetime, and we say, `Righteous?' yea, there is none declaring, Yea, there is none proclaiming, Yea, there is none hearing your sayings.
27. First to Zion, Behold, behold them, And to Jerusalem one proclaiming tidings I give,
28. And I see that there is no man, Yea, of these that there is no counsellor, And I ask them, and they return word:
29. `Lo, all of them [are] vanity, Nought [are] their works, Wind and emptiness their molten images!'