26. “I will bless them and let them live round my sacred hill. There I will bless them with showers of rain when they need it.
27. The trees will bear fruit, the fields will produce crops, and everyone will live in safety on his own land. When I break my people's chains and set them free from those who made them slaves, then they will know that I am the Lord.
28. The heathen nations will not plunder them any more, and the wild animals will not kill and eat them. They will live in safety, and no one will terrify them.
29. I will give them fertile fields and put an end to hunger in the land. The other nations will not sneer at them any more.
30. Everyone will know that I protect Israel and that they are my people. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken.