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Let the desert and its cities shout, the settlements where Kedar dwells [cry aloud]. Let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy; let them cry out from the mountaintops.
12
Let them give glory to the Lord, and declare His praise in the islands.
13
The Lord advances like a warrior; He stirs up His zeal like a soldier. He shouts, He roars aloud, He prevails over His enemies.
14
"I have kept silent from ages past; I have been quiet and restrained Myself. [But now,] I will groan like a woman in labor, gasping breathlessly.
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I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn rivers into islands, and dry up marshes.