¹⁴ “^(A)I have kept silent for a long time,
I have kept still and restrained Myself.
Now like a woman in labor I will groan,
I will both gasp and pant.
¹⁵ I will ^(B)lay waste the mountains and hills
And wither all their vegetation;
I will ^(C)turn the rivers into coastlands
And dry up the ponds.
¹⁶ I will ^(D)lead those who are blind by a way they have not known,
In paths they have not known I will guide them.
I will ^(E)turn darkness into light before them
And ^(F)uneven land into plains.
These are the things I will do,
And I will ^(G)not leave them undone.”
¹⁷ They will be turned back and be ^(H)utterly put to shame,
Who trust in ^[a]idols,
Who say to cast metal images,
“You are our gods.”