9. See, the earlier things have come to pass,new ones I now declare;Before they spring forthI announce them to you.
10. Sing to the Lord a new song,his praise from the ends of the earth:Let the sea and what fills it resound,the coastlands, and those who dwell in them.
11. Let the wilderness and its cities cry out,the villages where Kedar dwells;Let the inhabitants of Sela exult,and shout from the top of the mountains.
12. Let them give glory to the Lord,and utter his praise in the coastlands.
13. The Lord goes forth like a warrior,like a man of war he stirs up his fury;He shouts out his battle cry,against his enemies he shows his might:
14. For a long time I have kept silent,I have said nothing, holding myself back;Now I cry out like a woman in labor,gasping and panting.
15. I will lay waste mountains and hills,all their undergrowth I will dry up;I will turn the rivers into marshes,and the marshes I will dry up.
16. I will lead the blind on a way they do not know;by paths they do not know I will guide them.I will turn darkness into light before them,and make crooked ways straight.These are my promises:I made them, I will not forsake them.
17. They shall be turned back in utter shamewho trust in idols;Who say to molten images,“You are our gods.”
18. You deaf ones, listen,you blind ones, look and see!
19. Who is blind but my servant,or deaf like the messenger I send?Who is blind like the one I restore,blind like the servant of the Lord?
20. You see many things but do not observe;ears open, but do not hear.
21. It was the Lord’s will for the sake of his justiceto make his teaching great and glorious.
22. This is a people plundered and despoiled,all of them trapped in holes,hidden away in prisons.They are taken as plunder, with no one to rescue them,as spoil, with no one to say, “Give back!”
23. Who among you will give ear to this,listen and pay attention from now on?
24. Who was it that gave Jacob to be despoiled,Israel to the plunderers?Was it not the Lord, against whom we have sinned?In his ways they refused to walk,his teaching they would not heed.