¹³ The Lord will set out like a hero.
Like a warrior, he will work himself into a frenzy.
He will shout. Yes, he will raise a war cry.
He will be heroic against his enemies.

¹⁴ I have been silent for a long time.
I have kept still. I have restrained myself.
But now, like a woman giving birth, I will scream.
I will gasp and pant.
¹⁵ I will dry up mountains and hills.
I will make all their grass wither.
I will turn rivers into islands.
I will dry up pools.