¹⁴ I have been silent for a long time;
    I have kept silent;
I have restrained myself like one giving birth;
    I will moan, pant, and gasp together.
¹⁵ I will cause mountains and hills to dry up,
    and I will cause all their herbage to wither;
and I will make rivers like islands,
    and I will cause pools to dry up.
¹⁶ And I will lead the blind by a road they do not know;
    I will cause them to tread on paths they have not known.
I will make darkness in their presence^[a] into light
    and rough places into level ground.
These are the things I will do,
    and I will not forsake them.
¹⁷ They shall turn back;
    they shall be greatly ashamed,^[b]
those who trust in an image,
    who say to a cast image, “You are our gods.”