17. Which drew out the merkavah and sus, the army and warrior; they shall lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched like a wick.
18. Remember ye not the rishonot (former things) neither consider kadmoniyyot (the things of old).
19. Hineni, I am doing a chadashah (new thing); now titzmach (it shall spring forth; Tzemach); shall ye not perceive it? I will even make a derech in the midbar, and neharot in the desert.
20. The animal of the wild shall honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches; because I give mayim in the midbar, and neharot in the desert, to give drink to My People, My Bachir.
21. This people have I formed for Myself; they shall show forth My tehillah (praise).
22. But thou hast not called upon Me, O Ya'akov; but thou hast been weary of Me, O Yisroel.
23. Thou hast not brought Me the seh (lamb) of thy olot; neither hast thou honored Me with thy zevakhim. I have not caused thee to serve with a minchah, nor wearied thee with levonah (incense, frankincense).
24. Thou hast bought Me no fragrant calamus with kesef, neither hast thou filled Me with the chelev of thy zevakhim; but thou hast made Me to serve with thy chattot, thou hast wearied Me with thine avonot.
25. I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy peysha'im for Mine own sake, and will not remember thy chattot.
26. Put Me in remembrance; let us plead together at law; declare thou, lema'an (for the sake of) thou being declared righteous.
27. Avicha HaRishon hath sinned, and thy melitzim (mediators) have rebelled against Me.
28. Therefore I have profaned the Sarei Kodesh, (Holy Princes) and have given Ya'akov to cherem, and Yisroel to giddufim (revilings).