18. I will make rivers flow on barren heights,and springs within the valleys.I will turn the desert into pools of water,and the parched ground into springs.
19. I will put in the desertthe cedar and the acacia, the myrtle and the olive.I will set junipers in the wasteland,the fir and the cypress together,
20. so that people may see and know,may consider and understand,that the hand of the Lord has done this,that the Holy One of Israel has created it.
21. ‘Present your case,’ says the Lord.‘Set forth your arguments,’ says Jacob’s King.
22. ‘Tell us, you idols,what is going to happen.Tell us what the former things were,so that we may consider themand know their final outcome.Or declare to us the things to come,
23. tell us what the future holds,so that we may know you are gods.Do something, whether good or bad,so that we will be dismayed and filled with fear.