1Yet listen now, Jacob my servant,
2This is what Yahweh who made you,
3For I will pour water on him who is thirsty,
4and they will spring up among the grass,
5One will say, ‘I am Yahweh’s.’
6This is what Yahweh, the King of Israel,
7Who is like me?
8Don’t fear,
9Everyone who makes a carved image is vain.
10Who has fashioned a god,
11Behold, all his fellows will be disappointed;
12The blacksmith takes an ax,
13The carpenter stretches out a line.
14He cuts down cedars for himself,
15Then it will be for a man to burn;
16He burns part of it in the fire.
17The rest of it he makes into a god,
18They don’t know, neither do they consider,
19No one thinks,
20He feeds on ashes.
21Remember these things, Jacob and Israel,
22I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions,
23Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it!
24Yahweh, your Redeemer,
25who frustrates the signs of the liars,
26who confirms the word of his servant,
27who says to the deep, ‘Be dry,’
28who says of Cyrus, ‘He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure,’