11. When I made a sacred agreementwith you, my people,we sealed it with blood.Now some of you are captivesin waterless pits,but I will come to your rescue
12. and offer you hope.Return to your fortress,because today I will reward youwith twice what you had.
13. I will use Judah as my bowand Israel as my arrow.I will take the people of Zionas my swordand attack the Greeks.
14. Like a cloud, the Lord Godwill appear over his people,and his arrows will flashlike lightning.God will sound his trumpetand attack in a whirlwindfrom the south.
15. The Lord All-Powerfulwill protect his people,and they will trample downthe sharpshootersand their slingshots.They will drink and get rowdy;they will be as full as a bowlat the time of sacrifice.
16. The Lord God will save themon that day,because they are his people,and they will shine on his landlike jewels in a crown.
17. How lovely they will be.Young people will grow therelike grain in a fieldor grapes in a vineyard.