17. Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar,and let them say, “Spare your people, Lord,and don’t give your heritage to reproach,that the nations should rule over them.Why should they say amongst the peoples,‘Where is their God?’”
18. Then the Lord was jealous for his land,And had pity on his people.
19. The Lord answered his people,“Behold, I will send you grain, new wine, and oil,and you will be satisfied with them;and I will no more make you a reproach amongst the nations.
20. But I will remove the northern army far away from you,and will drive it into a barren and desolate land,its front into the eastern sea,and its back into the western sea;and its stench will come up,and its bad smell will rise.”Surely he has done great things.
21. Land, don’t be afraid.Be glad and rejoice, for the Lord has done great things.
22. Don’t be afraid, you animals of the field;for the pastures of the wilderness spring up,for the tree bears its fruit.The fig tree and the vine yield their strength.
23. “Be glad then, you children of Zion,and rejoice in the Lord, your God;for he gives you the former rain in just measure,and he causes the rain to come down for you,the former rain and the latter rain,as before.
24. The threshing floors will be full of wheat,and the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.
25. I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten,the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar,my great army, which I sent amongst you.
26. You will have plenty to eat, and be satisfied,and will praise the name of the Lord, your God,who has dealt wondrously with you;and my people will never again be disappointed.