12. I will proclaim your justiceand your works;but they shall not help you.
13. When you cry out,let your collection of idols save you.All these the wind shall carry off,a mere breath shall bear them away;But whoever takes refuge in me shall inherit the land,and possess my holy mountain.
14. And I say:Build up, build up, prepare the way,remove every obstacle from my people’s way.
15. For thus says the high and lofty One,the One who dwells forever, whose name is holy:I dwell in a high and holy place,but also with the contrite and lowly of spirit,To revive the spirit of the lowly,to revive the heart of the crushed.
16. For I will not accuse forever,nor always be angry;For without me their spirit fails,the life breath that I have given.
17. Because of their wicked avarice I grew angry;I struck them, hiding myself from them in wrath.But they turned back, following the wayof their own heart.
18. I saw their ways,but I will heal them.I will lead them and restore full comfort to themand to those who mourn for them,