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20 The wild animals will thank me. The large animals and birds will honor me when I put water in the desert and make rivers flow through that dry land. I will do this to give water to my chosen people. 21 I made them, and they will sing songs of praise to me.

22 “Jacob, you did not pray to me. Israel, you became tired of me.

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20 The wild animals(A) honor me,
    the jackals(B) and the owls,
because I provide water(C) in the wilderness
    and streams in the wasteland,
to give drink to my people, my chosen,
21     the people I formed(D) for myself(E)
    that they may proclaim my praise.(F)

22 “Yet you have not called on me, Jacob,
    you have not wearied(G) yourselves for[a] me, Israel.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 43:22 Or Jacob; / surely you have grown weary of