11 All who rage against you will be shamed and disgraced.Those who contend with youwill be as nothing and will perish.
12 You will look for your opponents,and won’t find them.Those who fight you will be of no account and will die.
13 I am the Lord your God,who grasps your strong hand,who says to you,Don’t fear; I will help you.
14 Don’t fear, worm of Jacob,people of Israel!I will help you, says the Lord.The holy one of Israel is your redeemer.
15 Look, I’ve made youinto a new threshing tool with sharp teeth.You will thresh mountains and pulverize them;you will reduce hills to straw.
16 When you winnow them,the wind will carry them off;the tempest will scatter them.You will rejoice in the Lordand take pride in the holy one of Israel.
17 The poor and the needy seek water, and there is none;their tongues are parched with thirst.I, the Lord, will respond to them;I, the God of Israel, won’t abandon them.