“I am sending you grain, new wine^(C) and olive oil,^(D)
    enough to satisfy you fully;^(E)
never again will I make you
    an object of scorn^(F) to the nations.

²⁰ “I will drive the northern horde^(G) far from you,
    pushing it into a parched and barren land;
its eastern ranks will drown in the Dead Sea
    and its western ranks in the Mediterranean Sea.
And its stench^(H) will go up;
    its smell will rise.”

Surely he has done great things!
²¹     Do not be afraid,^(I) land of Judah;
    be glad and rejoice.^(J)
Surely the Lord has done great things!^(K)
22     Do not be afraid, you wild animals,
    for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green.^(L)
The trees are bearing their fruit;
    the fig tree^(M) and the vine^(N) yield their riches.^(O)
23 Be glad, people of Zion,
    rejoice^(P) in the Lord your God,
for he has given you the autumn rains
    because he is faithful.^(Q)
He sends you abundant showers,^(R)
    both autumn^(S) and spring rains,^(T) as before.
²⁴ The threshing floors will be filled with grain;
    the vats will overflow^(U) with new wine^(V) and oil.

²⁵ “I will repay you for the years the locusts^(W) have eaten^(X)—
    the great locust and the young locust,
    the other locusts and the locust swarm^[b]—
my great army^(Y) that I sent among you.
²⁶ You will have plenty to eat, until you are full,^(Z)
    and you will praise^(AA) the name of the Lord your God,
    who has worked wonders^(AB) for you;
never again will my people be shamed.^(AC)
27 Then you will know^(AD) that I am in Israel,
    that I am the Lord^(AE) your God,
    and that there is no other;
never again will my people be shamed.^(AF)

I will extol the Lord^(A) with all my heart^(B)
    in the council^(C) of the upright and in the assembly.^(D)

² Great are the works^(E) of the Lord;
    they are pondered by all^(F) who delight in them.
³ Glorious and majestic are his deeds,
    and his righteousness endures^(G) forever.
⁴ He has caused his wonders to be remembered;
    the Lord is gracious and compassionate.^(H)
5 He provides food^(I) for those who fear him;^(J)
    he remembers his covenant^(K) forever.

⁶ He has shown his people the power of his works,^(L)
    giving them the lands of other nations.^(M)
7 The works of his hands^(N) are faithful and just;
    all his precepts are trustworthy.^(O)
8 They are established for ever^(P) and ever,
    enacted in faithfulness and uprightness.
⁹ He provided redemption^(Q) for his people;
    he ordained his covenant forever—
    holy and awesome^(R) is his name.

¹⁰ The fear of the Lord^(S) is the beginning of wisdom;^(T)
    all who follow his precepts have good understanding.^(U)
    To him belongs eternal praise.^(V)

⁹ Fools mock at making amends for sin,
    but goodwill is found among the upright.

¹⁰ Each heart knows its own bitterness,
    and no one else can share its joy.