³ For I will pour water^(A) on the thirsty land,
    and streams on the dry ground;^(B)
I will pour out my Spirit^(C) on your offspring,
    and my blessing^(D) on your descendants.^(E)

³ Let us acknowledge the Lord;
    let us press on to acknowledge him.
As surely as the sun rises,
    he will appear;
he will come to us like the winter rains,^(A)
    like the spring rains that water the earth.^(B)”

⁶ But you must return^(A) to your God;
    maintain love and justice,^(B)
    and wait for your God always.^(C)