10. Don’t be afraid, because I am with you.Don’t be intimidated; I am your God.I will strengthen you.I will help you.I will support you with my victorious right hand.
11. “Everyone who is angry with youwill be ashamed and disgraced.Those who oppose youwill be reduced to nothing and disappear.
12. You will search for your enemies,but you will not find them.Those who are at war with youwill be reduced to nothing and no longer exist.
13. I, the Lord your God, hold your right handand say to you, ‘Don’t be afraid; I will help you.’
14. Don’t be afraid, Jacob, you worm.You people of Israel, I will help you,”declares the Lord, your Defender, the Holy One of Israel.
15. “I am going to make you into a new threshing sledgewith sharp, double-edged teeth.You will thresh the mountains and crush them to dust.You will turn the hills into straw.
16. You will winnow them.The wind will carry them away.The windstorm will scatter them.But you will find joy in the Lordand praise the Holy One of Israel.