12. They will give glory to the Lord, and they will announce his praise to the islands.
13. The Lord will go forth like a strong man; like a man of battle, he will stir up zeal. He will shout and cry out. He will prevail against his enemies.
14. I have always been quiet; I have been silent; I have been patient. I will speak like a woman giving birth. I will destroy and consume, all at once.
15. I will desolate the mountains and the hills, and I will wither all their grass. And I will turn rivers into islands, and I will dry up the pools of water.
16. And I will lead the blind along a way which they do not know. And I will cause them to walk along paths with which they were unfamiliar. I will turn darkness into light before them, and crooked into straight. These things I have done for them. For I have not abandoned them.
17. They have been converted again. Let those who trust in graven idols be greatly confounded, for they say to a molten thing, "You are our god."
18. You who are deaf, hear! You who are blind, turn your gaze and see!
19. Who is blind, except my servant? Who is deaf, except the one to whom I have sent my messengers? Who is blind, except the one who has been sold? And who is blind, except the servant of the Lord?
20. You who see many things, will you not keep them? You who have open ears, will you not listen?
21. And the Lord was willing to sanctify him, and to magnify the law, and to exalt him.
22. But this same people has robbed and laid waste. All their youth are a snare, and they have been hidden in houses of confinement. They have become victims; there is no one who may rescue them. They have been plundered; there is no one who may say, "Restore."
23. Who is there among you who will hear this, who will listen closely and heed this in the future?