17. Let the priests, who minister before the Lord,weep between the portico and the altar.Let them say, ‘Spare your people, Lord.Do not make your inheritance an object of scorn,a byword among the nations.Why should they say among the peoples,“Where is their God?” ’
18. Then the Lord was jealous for his landand took pity on his people.
19. The Lord replied to them:‘I am sending you grain, new wine and olive oil,enough to satisfy you fully;never again will I make youan object of scorn to the nations.