<p class="poetry">For I will pour water on the parched ground<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and cause streams to flow<n id="2" /> on the dry land.p> <p class="poetry">I will pour my spirit on your offspringp> <p class="poetry">and my blessing on your children.p>

<p class="poetry">A blacksmith works with his tool<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and forges metal over the coals.p> <p class="poetry">He forms it<n id="2" /> with hammers;p> <p class="poetry">he makes it with his strong arm.p> <p class="poetry">He gets hungry and loses his energy;<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">he drinks no water and gets tired.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">This is what the <sc>Lordsc>, your protector,<n id="1" /> says,p> <p class="poetry">the one who formed you in the womb:p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;I am the <sc>Lordsc>, who made everything,p> <p class="poetry">who alone stretched out the sky,p> <p class="poetry">who fashioned the earth all by myself,<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">They will not be hungry or thirsty;p> <p class="poetry">the sun&#8217;s oppressive heat will not beat down on them,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">for one who has compassion on them will guide them;p> <p class="poetry">he will lead them to springs of water.p>

<p class="poetry">Did you not dry up the sea,p> <p class="poetry">the waters of the great deep?p> <p class="poetry">Did you not make<n id="1" /> a path through the depths of the sea,p> <p class="poetry">so those delivered from bondage<n id="2" /> could cross over?p>

<p class="poetry"><v id="(64:1)" /> As when fire ignites dry wood,p> <p class="poetry">or fire makes water boil,p> <p class="poetry">let your adversaries know who you are,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">and may the nations shake at your presence!p>

So look, the sovereign master<n id="1" /> is bringing up against them the turbulent and mighty waters of the Euphrates River<n id="2" /> &#8211; the king of Assyria and all his majestic power. It will reach flood stage and overflow its banks.<n id="3" />

<p class="poetry">that sends messengers by sea,p> <p class="poetry">who glide over the water&#8217;s surface in boats made of papyrus.p> <p class="poetry">Go, you swift messengers,p> <p class="poetry">to a nation of tall, smooth-skinned people,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">to a people that are feared far and wide,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">to a nation strong and victorious,<n id="3" />p> <p class="poetry">whose land rivers divide.<n id="4" />p>

Don&#8217;t listen to Hezekiah!&#8217; For this is what the king of Assyria says, &#8216;Send me a token of your submission and surrender to me.<n id="1" /> Then each of you may eat from his own vine and fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,

<t /><p class="poetry">Listen to this, O family of Jacob,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">you who are called by the name &#8216;Israel,&#8217;p> <p class="poetry">and are descended from Judah,<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">who take oaths in the name of the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">and invoke<n id="3" /> the God of Israel &#8211;p> <p class="poetry">but not in an honest and just manner.<n id="4" />p>

<p class="poetry">Why does no one challenge me when I come?p> <p class="poetry">Why does no one respond when I call?<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Is my hand too weak<n id="2" /> to deliver<n id="3" /> you?p> <p class="poetry">Do I lack the power to rescue you?p> <p class="poetry">Look, with a mere shout<n id="4" /> I can dry up the sea;p> <p class="poetry">I can turn streams into a desert,p> <p class="poetry">so the fish rot away and diep> <p class="poetry">from lack of water.<n id="5" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;As far as I am concerned, this is like in Noah&#8217;s time,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">when I vowed that the waters of Noah&#8217;s flood<n id="2" /> would never again cover the earth.p> <p class="poetry">In the same way I have vowed that I will not be angry at you or shout at you.p>

<t /><p class="poetry">&#8220;Hey,<n id="1" /> all who are thirsty, come to the water!p> <p class="poetry">You who have no money, come!p> <p class="poetry">Buy and eat!p> <p class="poetry">Come! Buy wine and milkp> <p class="poetry">without money and without cost!<n id="2" />p>