Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

48 Great is the Lord!
    For he is to be praised greatly,
even in the city of our God,
    his holy mountain.
² Beautifully situated,
    the joy of all the earth,
Mount Zion towards the north,^[b]
    the city of the great King.
³ Within her citadels
    God is known as a place of refuge.

¹⁸ Then the Lord will show great concern for his land,
    and will have compassion on his people.
¹⁹ The Lord will say to his people,
    “Look! I will send you grain, new wine, and oil,
        and you will be content with them.
I will no longer cause you to be a disgrace among the nations.”

²⁰ “I will remove the northerners^[a] from you,
    driving them^[b] to a barren and desolate land—
the front toward the Dead Sea^[c]
    and the back toward the Mediterranean.^[d]
Their stench will rise,
    and their stinking odor will ascend,
        because they have done great things.”

²¹ “Stop being afraid, land!
    Rejoice and be glad,
        because the Lord will do great things.
²² Stop being afraid, beasts of the field,
    because the desert pastures will bloom,
the trees will bear their fruit,
    and the fig tree and vine will deliver their wealth.
²³ And so be glad, children of Zion,
    and rejoice in the Lord your God,
because he has given you the right amount of early rain,
    and he will cause the rain to fall for you,
        both the early rain and the later rain as before.
²⁴ The threshing floors will be smothered in grain,
    and the vats will overflow with wine and oil.

^28 [e]“Then it will come about at a later time
    that I will pour out my Spirit on every person.
Your sons and your daughters will prophesy.
    Your elderly people will dream dreams,
        and your young people will see visions.
²⁹ Also at that time I will pour out my Spirit
    upon men and women servants.