10 “For ^aas the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven,
And do not return there,
But water the earth,
And make it bring forth and bud,
That it may give seed to the sower
And bread to the eater, ‡

11 ^aSo shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me¹ void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall ^bprosper in the thing for which I sent it. ‡

13 ^aInstead of ^bthe thorn shall come up the cypress tree,
And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree;
And it shall be to the Lord ^cfor a name,
For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.” ‡