14 “Fear not, you ^aworm Jacob,
You men of Israel!
I will help you,” says the Lord
And your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. ‡

15 “Behold, ^aI will make you into a new threshing sledge with sharp teeth;
You shall thresh the mountains and beat them small,
And make the hills like chaff. ‡

17 “The poor and needy seek water, but there is none,
Their tongues fail for thirst.
I, the Lord, will hear them;
I, the God of Israel, will not ^aforsake them. ‡

18 I will open ^arivers in desolate heights,
And fountains in the midst of the valleys;
I will make the ^bwilderness a pool of water,
And the dry land springs of water. ‡