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And give not Thy heritage to reproach,

That the nations should make them a byword.

Wherefore should they say among the peoples.

Where is their God?'

¹⁸Then was the Lord jealous for His land,

And had pity on His people.

¹⁹And the Lord answered and said unto His people:

'Behold, I will send you corn, and wine, and oil,

And ye shall be satisfied therewith;

And I will no more make you a reproach among the nations;

²⁰But I will remove far off from you the northern one,

And will drive him into a land barren and desolate,

With his face toward the eastern sea,

And his hinder part toward the western sea;

That his foulness may come up, and his ill savour may come up,

Because he hath done great things.'

 

²¹Fear not, O land, be glad and rejoice;

For the Lord hath done great things.

²²Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field;

For the pastures of the wilderness do spring,

For the tree beareth its fruit,

The fig-tree and the vine do yield their strength.

²³Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice

In the Lord your God;

For He giveth you the former rain in just measure,

And He causeth to come down for you the rain,

The former rain and the latter rain, at the first.

²⁴And the floors shall be full of corn,

And the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.

²⁵And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten,

The canker-worm, and the caterpillar, and the palmer-worm,

My great army which I sent among you.

²⁶And ye shall eat in plenty and be satisfied,

And shall praise the name of the Lord your God,

That hath dealt wondrously with you;

And My people shall never be ashamed.

²⁷And ye shall know that I am in the midst of Israel,

And that I am the Lord your God, and there is none else;

And My people shall never be ashamed.

 

3And it shall come to pass afterward,

That I will pour out My spirit upon all flesh;

And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,

Your old men shall dream dreams,

Your young men shall see visions;

²And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids

In those days will I pour out My spirit.

³And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth,

Blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke.

⁴The sun shall be turned into darkness,

And the moon into blood,

Before the great and terrible day of the Lord come.

⁵And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered;

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