2 “I will go before youand level the uneven places; I will shatter the bronze doorsand cut the iron bars in two.
3 I will give you the treasures of darknessand riches from secret places, so that you may know that I, Yahweh,the God of Israel call you by your name.
4 I call you by your name,because of Jacob My servant and Israel My chosen one.I give a name to you,though you do not know Me.
5 I am Yahweh, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will strengthen you,though you do not know Me,
6 so that all may know from the rising of the sun to its settingthat there is no one but Me. I am Yahweh, and there is no other.
7 I form light and create darkness, I make success and create disaster; I, Yahweh, do all these things.
8 “Heavens, sprinkle from above,and let the skies shower righteousness. Let the earth open upso that salvation will sproutand righteousness will spring up with it. I, Yahweh, have created it.