¹⁴ “For a long time I have kept silent,^(A)
    I have been quiet and held myself back.^(B)
But now, like a woman in childbirth,
    I cry out, I gasp and pant.^(C)
15 I will lay waste^(D) the mountains^(E) and hills
    and dry up all their vegetation;
I will turn rivers into islands
    and dry up^(F) the pools.
¹⁶ I will lead^(G) the blind^(H) by ways they have not known,
    along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;
I will turn the darkness into light^(I) before them
    and make the rough places smooth.^(J)
These are the things I will do;
    I will not forsake^(K) them.
¹⁷ But those who trust in idols,
    who say to images, ‘You are our gods,’^(L)
    will be turned back in utter shame.^(M)