8. For my thoughts are not your thoughts,nor are your ways my ways—oracle of the Lord.
9. For as the heavens are higher than the earth,so are my ways higher than your ways,my thoughts higher than your thoughts.
10. Yet just as from the heavensthe rain and snow come downAnd do not return theretill they have watered the earth,making it fertile and fruitful,Giving seed to the one who sowsand bread to the one who eats,
11. So shall my word bethat goes forth from my mouth;It shall not return to me empty,but shall do what pleases me,achieving the end for which I sent it.
12. Yes, in joy you shall go forth,in peace you shall be brought home;Mountains and hills shall break out in song before you,all trees of the field shall clap their hands.
13. In place of the thornbush, the cypress shall grow,instead of nettles, the myrtle.This shall be to the Lord’s renown,as an everlasting sign that shall not fail.