10 Do not afear, for I am with you;
Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.
I will make you mighty, surely bI will help you;
Surely I will uphold you with My righteous cright hand.’
11 Behold, aall those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonored;
bThose who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish.
12 aYou will seek those who quarrel with you, but will not find them,
Those who war with you will be as nothing and non‑existent.
13 For I am Yahweh your God, awho strongly takes hold of your right hand,
Who says to you, ‘bDo not fear, I will help you.’
14 Do not fear, you aworm Jacob, you men of Israel;
I will help you,” declares Yahweh, “and byour Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.
15 Behold, I have made you a new, sharp threshing sledge with double edges;
aYou will thresh the bmountains and pulverize them,
And will make the hills like chaff.
16 You will awinnow them, and the wind will carry them away,
And the storm will scatter them;
But you will brejoice in Yahweh;
You will boast in the Holy One of Israel.
17 “The afflicted and needy are seeking awater, but there is none,
And their tongue is parched with thirst;
I, Yahweh, bwill answer them Myself,
As the God of Israel I cwill not forsake them.
18 I will open arivers on the bare heights
And springs in the midst of the valleys;
I will make bthe wilderness a pool of water
And the dry land fountains of water.
19 I will put the cedar in the wilderness,
The acacia and the amyrtle and the olive tree;
I will place the ajuniper in the desert
Together with the box tree and the cypress,
20 That athey may see and know,
And establish and gain insight as well,
That the bhand of Yahweh has done this,
And the Holy One of Israel has created it.