14 You few people of Israel who are left,do not be afraid even though you are weak as a worm.I myself will help you,” says the Lord.“The one who saves you is the Holy One of Israel.
15 Look, I have made you like a new threshing boardwith many sharp teeth.So you will walk on mountains and crush them;you will make the hills like chaff.
16 You will throw them into the air, and the wind will carry them away;a windstorm will scatter them.Then you will be happy in the Lord;you will be proud of the Holy One of Israel.
17 “The poor and needy people look for water,but they can’t find any.Their tongues are dry with thirst.But I, the Lord, will answer their prayers;I, the God of Israel, will not leave them to die.
18 I will make rivers flow on the dry hillsand springs flow through the valleys.I will change the desert into a lake of waterand the dry land into fountains of water.
19 I will make trees grow in the desert—cedars, acacia, myrtle, and olive trees.I will put pine, fir, and cypress treesgrowing together in the desert.
20 People will see these things and understand;they will think carefully about these things and learnthat the Lord’s power did this,that the Holy One of Israel made these things.”