The Response and Promise of Yahweh

• 18 Then Yahweh became jealous for his land
  • and took pity on his people.
• 19 And Yahweh answered and said to his people,
  • “Look at me, I am sending to you
• grain, new wine, and olive oil,
  • and you will be satisfied by it.
• I will not give you over any more
  • as a disgrace among the nations.
• 20 The northerners[fn]
  • I will remove from you;
• I will drive them to a desert
  • and desolate land,
• its[fn] front to the eastern sea,
  • and its rear into the western sea;
• its stench and odor will rise up
  • because he[fn] has done great things.
• 21 Do not fear, O land,
  • rejoice and be glad,
    • because Yahweh has done great things.
• 22 Do not fear, wild animals of the field,
  • because the pastures of the desert have put forth new green shoots,
• because the tree has produced its fruit,
  • the fig tree and the vine
    • have yielded their produce.
• 23 Be glad, O children of Zion,
  • be glad and rejoice in Yahweh your God,
• because he has given for you
  • the autumn rains for your righteousness,[fn]
    • and he has poured down[fn] for you rainwater,
• the autumn and spring rains, as before.
• 24 The threshing floors will be full with grain,
  • and the vats will overflow
    • with new wine and olive oil.
• 25 I will repay you the years
  • that the locust has eaten,
• the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter,
  • my mighty troops that I sent against you.
• 26 And you will eat abundantly and be satisfied,
  • and praise the name of Yahweh your God,
  • who has dealt with you wondrously .[fn]
• My people will never be ashamed .[fn]
• 27 And you will know that I am in the midst of Israel,
• and I am Yahweh,
  • your God, and there is no other.
• My people will never be ashamed again .[fn]