3 For I will pour water on him who is thirsty,and streams on the dry ground.I will pour my Spirit on your descendants,and my blessing on your offspring:
4 and they will spring up among the grass,as willows by the watercourses.
5 One will say, ‘I am the Lord’s;’and another will be called by the name of Jacob;and another will write with his hand ‘to the Lord,’and honor the name of Israel.”
6 This is what the Lord, the King of Israel,and his Redeemer, the Lord of Hosts, says:“I am the first, and I am the last;and besides me there is no God.
7 Who is like me?Who will call,and will declare it,and set it in order for me,since I established the ancient people?Let them declare the things that are coming,and that will happen.
8 Don’t fear,neither be afraid.Haven’t I declared it to you long ago,and shown it?You are my witnesses.Is there a God besides me?Indeed, there is not.I don’t know any other Rock.”
9 Everyone who makes a carved image is vain.The things that they delight in will not profit.Their own witnesses don’t see, nor know, that they may be disappointed.