12. Turn to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope!Even today I declare that I will restore double to you.
13. For indeed I bend Judah as a bow for me.I have filled the bow with Ephraim;and I will stir up your sons, Zion,against your sons, Greece,and will make you like the sword of a mighty man.
14. The Lord will be seen over them;and his arrow will go flash like lightning;and the Lord GOD will blow the shofar,and will go with whirlwinds of the south.
15. The Lord of Hosts will defend them;and they will destroy and overcome with sling stones;and they will drink, and roar as through wine;and they will be filled like bowls,like the corners of the altar.
16. The Lord their God will save them in that day as the flock of his people;for they are like the jewels of a crown,lifted on high over his land.
17. For how great is his goodness,and how great is his beauty!Grain will make the young men flourish,and new wine the virgins.