² I will go before you^(A)
    and will level^(B) the mountains^[a];
I will break down gates^(C) of bronze
    and cut through bars of iron.^(D)
3 I will give you hidden treasures,^(E)
    riches stored in secret places,^(F)
so that you may know^(G) that I am the Lord,
    the God of Israel, who summons you by name.^(H)

²⁷ who says to the watery deep, ‘Be dry,
    and I will dry up^(A) your streams,’

²⁵ I have dug wells in foreign lands^[a]
    and drunk the water there.
With the soles of my feet
    I have dried up^(A) all the streams of Egypt.^(B)’

⁸ He wraps up the waters^(A) in his clouds,^(B)
    yet the clouds do not burst under their weight.