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Then the LORD will be jealous for his land and take pity on his people.

The LORD will reply ^(F7) to them: "I am sending you grain, new wine and oil, enough to satisfy you fully; never again will I make you an object of scorn to the nations.

"I will drive the northern army far from you, pushing it into a parched and barren land, with its front columns going into the eastern sea ^(F8) and those in the rear into the western sea. ^(F9) And its stench will go up; its smell will rise." Surely he has done great things. ^(F10)

Be not afraid, O land; be glad and rejoice. Surely the LORD has done great things.

Be not afraid, O wild animals, for the open pastures are becoming green. The trees are bearing their fruit; the fig tree and the vine yield their riches.

Be glad, O people of Zion, rejoice in the LORD your God, for he has given you the autumn rains in righteousness. ^(F11) He sends you abundant showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.

The threshing floors will be filled with grain; the vats will overflow with new wine and oil.

"I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten- the great locust and the young locust, the other locusts and the locust swarm - my great army that I sent among you.

You will have plenty to eat, until you are full, and you will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you; never again will my people be shamed.

Then you will know that I am in Israel, that I am the LORD your God, and that there is no other; never again will my people be shamed.

The Day of the LORD