9 The past events have indeed happened.Now I declare new events; I announce them to you before they occur.”
10 Sing a new song to the Lord; sing His praise from the ends of the earth,you who go down to the sea with all that fills it, you islands with your inhabitants.
11 Let the desert and its cities shout,the settlements where Kedar dwells cry aloud. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.
12 Let them give glory to the Lordand declare His praise in the islands.
13 The Lord advances like a warrior;He stirs up His zeal like a soldier. He shouts, He roars aloud,He prevails over His enemies.
14 “I have kept silent from ages past;I have been quiet and restrained Myself. But now, I will groan like a woman in labor, gasping breathlessly.
15 I will lay waste mountains and hillsand dry up all their vegetation.I will turn rivers into islandsand dry up marshes.