Brokenness to Blessings

¹⁸ Then the LORD became passionate about this land, and had pity on his people. ¹⁹ The LORD responded to the people: See, I am sending you the corn, new wine, and fresh oil, and you will be fully satisfied by it; and I will no longer make you a disgrace among the nations. ²⁰ I will remove the northern army far from you and drive it into a dried-up and desolate land, its front into the eastern sea, and its rear into the western sea. Its stench will rise up; its stink will come to the surface. The LORD is about to do great things! ²¹ Don’t fear, fertile land; rejoice and be glad, for the LORD is about to do great things! ²² Don’t be afraid, animals of the field, for the meadows of the wilderness will turn green; the tree will bear its fruit; the fig tree and grapevine will give their full yield. ²³ Children of Zion, rejoice and be glad in the LORD your God, because he will give you the early rain as a sign of righteousness; he will pour down abundant rain for you, the early and the late rain, as before. ²⁴ The threshing floors will be full of grain; the vats will overflow with new wine and fresh oil. ²⁵ I will repay you for the years that the cutting locust, the swarming locust, the hopping locust, and the devouring locust have eaten my great army, which I sent against you. ²⁶ You will eat abundantly and be satisfied, and you will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has done wonders for you; and my people will never again be put to shame. ²⁷ You will know that I am in the midst of Israel, and that I am the LORD your God—no other exists; never again will my people be put to shame.