Isaiah 41:14–20

¹⁴“Do not fear, you ^aworm Jacob, you men of Israel;

I will help you,” declares the Lord, “¹and ^byour Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁵“Behold, I have made you a new, sharp threshing sledge with double edges;

^aYou will thresh the ^bmountains and pulverize them,

And will make the hills like chaff.

¹⁶“You will ^awinnow them, and the wind will carry them away,

And the storm will scatter them;

But you will ^brejoice in the Lord,

You will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

¹⁷“The ¹afflicted and needy are seeking ^awater, but there is none,

And their tongue is parched with thirst;

I, the Lord, ^bwill answer them Myself,

As the God of Israel I ^cwill not forsake them.

¹⁸“I will open ^arivers on the bare heights

And springs in the midst of the valleys;

I will make ^bthe wilderness a pool of water

And the dry land fountains of water.

¹⁹“I will put the cedar in the wilderness,

The acacia and the ^amyrtle and the ¹olive tree;

I will place the juniper in the desert

Together with the box tree and the cypress,

²⁰That ^athey may see and recognize,

And consider and gain insight as well,

That the ^bhand of the Lord has done this,

And the Holy One of Israel has created it.