³ Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed,^(A)
    and the ears^(B) of those who hear will listen.
⁴ The fearful heart will know and understand,^(C)
    and the stammering tongue^(D) will be fluent and clear.

¹⁸ I will make rivers flow^(A) on barren heights,
    and springs within the valleys.
I will turn the desert^(B) into pools of water,^(C)
    and the parched ground into springs.^(D)

¹⁹ See, I am doing a new thing!^(A)
    Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness^(B)
    and streams in the wasteland.^(C)
20 The wild animals^(D) honor me,
    the jackals^(E) and the owls,
because I provide water^(F) in the wilderness
    and streams in the wasteland,
to give drink to my people, my chosen,