17. Let the priests, those who serve the Lord, weepfrom the vestibule all the way back to the altar.Let them say, “Have pity, O Lord, on your people;please do not turn over your inheritance to be mocked,to become a proverb among the nations.Why should it be said among the peoples,“Where is their God?”
18. Then the Lord became zealous for his land;he had compassion on his people.
19. The Lord responded to his people,“Look! I am about to restore your grainas well as fresh wine and olive oil.You will be fully satisfied.I will never again make you an object of mockery among the nations.
20. I will remove the one from the north far from you.I will drive him out to a dry and desolate place.Those in front will be driven eastward into the Dead Sea,and those in back westward into the Mediterranean Sea.His stench will rise up as a foul smell.”Indeed, the Lord has accomplished great things.