²⁷ When I speak to the rivers and say, ‘Dry up!’
    they will be dry.

“I will be your lawyer to plead your case,
    and I will avenge you.
I will dry up her river,
    as well as her springs,

³⁸ A drought^[a] will strike her water supply,
    causing it to dry up.
And why? Because the whole land is filled with idols,
    and the people are madly in love with them.

¹⁵ I will level the mountains and hills
    and blight all their greenery.
I will turn the rivers into dry land
    and will dry up all the pools.

³² All the escape routes are blocked.
    The marshes have been set aflame,
    and the army is in a panic.

¹⁵ For I am the Lord your God,
    who stirs up the sea, causing its waves to roar.
    My name is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.

¹⁶ I am the Lord, who opened a way through the waters,
    making a dry path through the sea.

¹⁵ The Lord will make a dry path through the gulf of the Red Sea.^[a]
    He will wave his hand over the Euphrates River,^[b]
sending a mighty wind to divide it into seven streams
    so it can easily be crossed on foot.
¹⁶ He will make a highway for the remnant of his people,
    the remnant coming from Assyria,
just as he did for Israel long ago
    when they returned from Egypt.

¹⁵ You caused the springs and streams to gush forth,
    and you dried up rivers that never run dry.