22. How long will you hesitate, faithless people?I have created something new and different,as different as a woman protecting a man.”
23. The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says, “When I restore the people to their land, they will once again say in the land of Judah and in its towns,‘May the Lord bless the sacred hill of Jerusalem,the holy place where he lives.’
24. People will live in Judah and in all its towns, and there will be farmers, and shepherds with their flocks.
25. I will refresh those who are weary and will satisfy with food everyone who is weak from hunger.
26. So then, people will say, ‘I went to sleep and woke up refreshed.’