12. Let them give glory to the Lordand declare His praise in the islands.
13. The Lord advances like a warrior;He stirs up His zeal like a soldier. He shouts, He roars aloud,He prevails over His enemies.
14. “I have kept silent from ages past;I have been quiet and restrained Myself. But now, I will groan like a woman in labor, gasping breathlessly.
15. I will lay waste mountains and hillsand dry up all their vegetation.I will turn rivers into islandsand dry up marshes.
16. I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on paths they have not known.I will turn darkness to light in front of them and rough places into level ground. This is what I will do for them,and I will not forsake them.
17. They will be turned back and utterly ashamed —those who trust in idolsand say to metal-plated images:You are our gods!
18. “Listen, you deaf!Look, you blind, so that you may see.