¹³ The Lord marches out like a warrior;
    he stirs up his rage like a man of war;
he makes his anger heard;
    he shouts aloud;^[a]
        he declares his mastery over his enemies:

¹⁴ “I have certainly^[b] stayed silent for a long time;
    I’ve kept still and held myself back.
Now, like a woman giving birth, I’ll cry out.
    All of a sudden I’ll gasp and pant.
¹⁵ I’ll devastate the mountains and hills,
    and dry up all their vegetation;
I’ll turn rivers into islands,
    and dry up the ponds.