²¹     Do not be afraid,^(A) land of Judah;
    be glad and rejoice.^(B)
Surely the Lord has done great things!^(C)
22     Do not be afraid, you wild animals,
    for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green.^(D)
The trees are bearing their fruit;
    the fig tree^(E) and the vine^(F) yield their riches.^(G)
23 Be glad, people of Zion,
    rejoice^(H) in the Lord your God,
for he has given you the autumn rains
    because he is faithful.^(I)
He sends you abundant showers,^(J)
    both autumn^(K) and spring rains,^(L) as before.
²⁴ The threshing floors will be filled with grain;
    the vats will overflow^(M) with new wine^(N) and oil.

²⁵ “I will repay you for the years the locusts^(O) have eaten^(P)—
    the great locust and the young locust,
    the other locusts and the locust swarm^[a]—
my great army^(Q) that I sent among you.
²⁶ You will have plenty to eat, until you are full,^(R)
    and you will praise^(S) the name of the Lord your God,
    who has worked wonders^(T) for you;
never again will my people be shamed.^(U)
27 Then you will know^(V) that I am in Israel,
    that I am the Lord^(W) your God,
    and that there is no other;
never again will my people be shamed.^(X)