The Lord will march out like a champion,    like a warrior he will stir up his zeal;with a shout he will raise the battle cry    and will triumph over his enemies.

“For a long time I have kept silent,    I have been quiet and held myself back.But now, like a woman in childbirth,    I cry out, I gasp and pant.I will lay waste the mountains and hills    and dry up all their vegetation;I will turn rivers into islands    and dry up the pools.I will lead the blind by ways they have not known,    along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;I will turn the darkness into light before them    and make the rough places smooth.These are the things I will do;    I will not forsake them.But those who trust in idols,    who say to images, ‘You are our gods,’    will be turned back in utter shame.

Isaiah 42:13-17