Isaiah 41:14–20

¹⁴Do not fear, you worm Jacob,^x

you men^A of Israel.

I will help you”—

this is the Lord’s declaration.

Your Redeemer^y is the Holy One of Israel.^z

¹⁵See, I will make you into a sharp threshing board,

new, with many teeth.

You will thresh mountains and pulverize them

and make hills into chaff.^aa

¹⁶You will winnow them^ab

and a wind will carry them away,

a whirlwind will scatter them.

But you will rejoice in the Lord;

you will boast in the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁷The poor and the needy seek water, but there is none;

their tongues are parched with thirst.

I will answer them.^a

I am the Lord, the God of Israel. I will not abandon them.

¹⁸I will open rivers on the barren heights,^b

and springs in the middle of the plains.

I will turn the desert into a pool

and dry land into springs.^c

¹⁹I will plant cedar, acacia, myrtle, and olive trees

in the wilderness.^d

I will put juniper, elm, and cypress trees together

in the desert,

²⁰so that all may see and know,

consider and understand,

that the hand of the Lord has done this,^e

the Holy One of Israel has created^f it.