8. “I am the Lord; that is my name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.
9. See, the former things have taken place, and new things I declare; before they spring into being I announce them to you.”
10. Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise from the ends of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, you islands, and all who live in them.
11. Let the wilderness and its towns raise their voices; let the settlements where Kedar lives rejoice. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them shout from the mountaintops.
12. Let them give glory to the Lord and proclaim his praise in the islands.
13. The Lord will march out like a champion, like a warrior he will stir up his zeal; with a shout he will raise the battle cry and will triumph over his enemies.
14. “For a long time I have kept silent, I have been quiet and held myself back. But now, like a woman in childbirth, I cry out, I gasp and pant.
15. I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation; I will turn rivers into islands and dry up the pools.
16. I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them.
17. But those who trust in idols, who say to images, ‘You are our gods,’ will be turned back in utter shame.
18. “Hear, you deaf; look, you blind, and see!
19. Who is blind but my servant, and deaf like the messenger I send? Who is blind like the one in covenant with me, blind like the servant of the Lord?
20. You have seen many things, but you pay no attention; your ears are open, but you do not listen.”
21. It pleased the Lord for the sake of his righteousness to make his law great and glorious.
22. But this is a people plundered and looted, all of them trapped in pits or hidden away in prisons. They have become plunder, with no one to rescue them; they have been made loot, with no one to say, “Send them back.”
23. Which of you will listen to this or pay close attention in time to come?