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Old Testament Reading - Do Not Fear, for I Am with You

13 For I am Yahweh your God, whoa strongly takes hold of your right hand,
Who says to you, ‘Do not fear, I will help you.’
14 Do not fear, you worm Jacob, you men of Israel;
I will help you,” declares Yahweh, “ and your Redeemerb is the Holy One of Israel.
15 Behold, I have made you a new, sharp threshing sledge with double edges;
You will thresh the mountains and pulverize them,
And will make the hills like chaff.
16 You will winnow them, and the wind will carry them away,
And the storm will scatter them;
But you will rejoice in Yahweh;
You will boast in the Holy One of Israel.

17 “The afflicted and needyc are seeking water, but there is none,
And their tongue is parched with thirst;
I, Yahweh, will answer them Myself,
As the God of Israel I will not forsake them.
18 I will open rivers on the bare heights
And springs in the midst of the valleys;
I will make the wilderness a pool of water
And the dry land fountains of water.
19 I will put the cedar in the wilderness,
The acacia and the myrtle and the olive tree;d
I will place the juniper in the desert
Together with the box tree and the cypress,
20 That they may see and know,
And establish and gain insight as well,
That the hand of Yahweh has done this,
And the Holy One of Israel has created it.

1. Normally takes hold of, but cf. 41:7
2. Or even your Redeemer, the Holy One
3. Or poor
4. Or oleaster