₂₁“Fields, don't be afraid,

but be joyful and glad

because of all the LORD has done for you.

₂₂Animals, don't be afraid.

The pastures are green;

the trees bear their fruit,

and there are plenty of figs and grapes.

₂₃“Be glad, people of Zion,

rejoice at what the LORD your God has done for you.

He has given you the right amount of autumn rain;

he has poured down the winter rain for you

and the spring rain as before.

₂₄The threshing places will be full of corn;

the pits beside the presses will overflow with wine and olive oil.

₂₅I will give you back what you lost

in the years when swarms of locusts ate your crops.

It was I who sent this army against you.

₂₆Now you will have plenty to eat, and be satisfied.

You will praise the LORD your God,

who has done wonderful things for you.

My people will never be despised again.

₂₇Then, Israel, you will know that I am among you,

and that I, the LORD, am your God

and there is no other.

My people will never be despised again.

₁When the LORD brought us back to Jerusalem,

it was like a dream!

₂How we laughed, how we sang for joy!

Then the other nations said about us,

“The LORD did great things for them.”

₃Indeed he did great things for us;

how happy we were!

₄LORD, make us prosperous again,

just as the rain brings water back to dry riverbeds.

₅Let those who wept as they sowed their seed,

gather the harvest with joy!

₆Those who wept as they went out carrying the seed

will come back singing for joy,

as they bring in the harvest.