2. This is what the Lord, the one who made you, says – the one who formed you in the womb and helps you:“Don’t be afraid, my servant Jacob,Jeshurun, whom I have chosen!
3. For I will pour water on the parched groundand cause streams to flow on the dry land.I will pour my spirit on your offspringand my blessing on your children.
4. They will sprout up like a tree in the grass,like poplars beside channels of water.
5. One will say, ‘I belong to the Lord,’and another will use the name ‘Jacob.’One will write on his hand, ‘The Lord’s,’and use the name ‘Israel.’”
6. This is what the Lord, Israel’s king, says,their protector, the Lord who commands armies:“I am the first and I am the last,there is no God but me.