18 If you had obeyed me, then peace would have come to you like a full flowing river. Good things would have come to you again and again, like the waves of the sea.
19 If you had obeyed me, you would have had as many children as there are grains of sand. And they would always have been mine and would never have been destroyed.”
20 My people, leave Babylon! My people, run from the Chaldeans! Tell the news with joy. Spread the news around the world. Tell them, “The Lord rescued his servant Jacob.”
21 They never got thirsty as he led them through the desert, because he made water flow from a rock. He split the rock, and water flowed out.
22 But the Lord also said, “There is no peace for evil people.”