15. Blow the trumpet in Zion; consecrate a fast;call a solemn assembly;
16. gather the people. Consecrate the congregation;assemble the elders; gather the children,even nursing infants. Let the bridegroom leave his room,and the bride her chamber.
17. Between the vestibule and the altar let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weepand say, “Spare your people, O Lord,and make not your heritage a reproach,a byword among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples,‘Where is their God?’”
18. Then the Lord became jealous for his land and had pity on his people.
19. The Lord answered and said to his people,“Behold, I am sending to yougrain, wine, and oil, and you will be satisfied;and I will no more make youa reproach among the nations.
20. “I will remove the northerner far from you,and drive him into a parched and desolate land,his vanguard into the eastern sea,and his rear guard into the western sea; the stench and foul smell of him will rise,for he has done great things.
21. “Fear not, O land;be glad and rejoice,for the Lord has done great things!
22. Fear not, you beasts of the field,for the pastures of the wilderness are green; the tree bears its fruit;the fig tree and vine give their full yield.
23. “Be glad, O children of Zion,and rejoice in the Lord your God,for he has given the early rain for your vindication;he has poured down for you abundant rain, the early and the latter rain, as before.
24. “The threshing floors shall be full of grain;the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.
25. I will restore to you the yearsthat the swarming locust has eaten, the hopper, the destroyer, and the cutter, my great army, which I sent among you.
26. “You shall eat in plenty and be satisfied,and praise the name of the Lord your God,who has dealt wondrously with you.And my people shall never again be put to shame.