11. Let the desert and its cities shout out,the towns where the nomads of Kedar live!Let the residents of Sela shout joyfully;let them shout loudly from the mountaintops.
12. Let them give the Lord the honor he deserves;let them praise his deeds in the coastlands.
13. The Lord emerges like a hero,like a warrior he inspires himself for battle;he shouts, yes, he yells,he shows his enemies his power.
14. “I have been inactive for a long time;I kept quiet and held back.Like a woman in labor I groan;I pant and gasp.
15. I will make the trees on the mountains and hills wither up;I will dry up all their vegetation.I will turn streams into islands,and dry up pools of water.
16. I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way;I will guide them down paths they have never traveled.I will turn the darkness in front of them into light,and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them.I will not abandon them.
17. Those who trust in idolswill turn back and be utterly humiliated,those who say to metal images, ‘You are our gods.’”