9 Wake up, wake up, and use your strength,powerful Lord.Wake up as you did in the old times.Wake up as you did a long time ago.With your own power, you cut Rahab into pieces.You killed that sea monster.
10 You caused the sea to become dry.You dried the waters of the deep ocean.You made the deepest parts of the sea into a road.Your people crossed over on that road and were saved.
11 The people the Lord has freed will return.They will enter Jerusalem with joy.Their happiness will last forever.They will have joy and gladness.All sadness and sorrow will be gone far away.
12 The Lord says, “I am the one who comforts you.So why should you be afraid of people, who die?Why should you fear people who die like the grass?
13 Have you forgotten that the Lord made you?He stretched out the skies.He made the earth.Why are you always afraidof those angry people who trouble you?They want to destroy.But where are those angry people now?
14 People in prison will soon be set free.They will not die in prison.They will have enough food.
15 This is because I am the Lord your God.I stir the sea and make the waves roar.My name is the Lord of heaven’s armies.