God’s blessings for his people

17 Yahweh says, “At that time, you Israeli people will know that I am Yahweh, your God.

I live on Zion, my sacred hill.

Jerusalem will be a sacred city,

and soldiers from other countries will never conquer it again.

18 At that time, there will be vineyards covering [MTY] the hills,

and your cattle and goats on those hills will produce plenty of milk.

The streams in Judah will never dry up.

And a stream will flow from my temple into the Acacia Valley northeast of the Dead Sea.

19 The armies of Egypt and Edom attacked the people of Judah

and killed [MTY] many people who had not done anything that was wrong.

So now those countries will become deserts,

20 but there will always be people living in Jerusalem and in other places in Judea.

21 I, Yahweh, live on Zion Hill in Jerusalem,

and I will get revenge on the people of Egypt and Edom who killed [MTY] many of my people.”