18. “If only you had listened to my commands!Then blessings would have flowed for youlike a stream that never goes dry!Victory would have come to youlike the waves that roll on the shore.
19. Your descendants would be as numerous as grains of sand,and I would have made sure they were never destroyed.”
20. Go out from Babylon, go free!Shout the news gladly; make it known everywhere:“The Lord has saved his servant Israel!”
21. When the Lord led his people through a hot, dry desert,they did not suffer from thirst.He made water come from a rock for them;he split the rock open, and water flowed out.
22. “There is no safety for sinners,” says the Lord.