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19 Thy zera also had been like the chol (sand), and those that come out of thy loins like me’otav (sands of the sea thereof); his shem should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before Me.

20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee ye from the Kasdim (Chaldeans), with a voice of joyful singing declare ye, preach this, send it forth even to the ketzeh ha’aretz; say ye, Hashem hath redeemed His Eved Ya’akov.

21 And they thirsted not when He led them through the deserts; He caused the mayim to flow out of the Tzur for them; He split the Tzur also, and the mayim gushed out.

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19 Your descendants(A) would have been like the sand,(B)
    your children like its numberless grains;(C)
their name would never be blotted out(D)
    nor destroyed from before me.”

20 Leave Babylon,
    flee(E) from the Babylonians!
Announce this with shouts of joy(F)
    and proclaim it.
Send it out to the ends of the earth;(G)
    say, “The Lord has redeemed(H) his servant Jacob.”
21 They did not thirst(I) when he led them through the deserts;
    he made water flow(J) for them from the rock;
he split the rock
    and water gushed out.(K)

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