14 then I will send rain(A) on your land in its season, both autumn and spring rains,(B) so that you may gather in your grain, new wine and olive oil.

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10 He provides rain for the earth;(A)
    he sends water on the countryside.(B)

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10 You drench its furrows and level its ridges;
    you soften it with showers(A) and bless its crops.
11 You crown the year with your bounty,(B)
    and your carts overflow with abundance.(C)
12 The grasslands of the wilderness overflow;(D)
    the hills are clothed with gladness.(E)
13 The meadows are covered with flocks(F)
    and the valleys are mantled with grain;(G)
    they shout for joy and sing.(H)

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26 I will make them and the places surrounding my hill a blessing.[a](A) I will send down showers in season;(B) there will be showers of blessing.(C) 27 The trees will yield their fruit(D) and the ground will yield its crops;(E) the people will be secure(F) in their land. They will know that I am the Lord, when I break the bars of their yoke(G) and rescue them from the hands of those who enslaved them.(H) 28 They will no longer be plundered by the nations, nor will wild animals devour them. They will live in safety,(I) and no one will make them afraid.(J) 29 I will provide for them a land renowned(K) for its crops, and they will no longer be victims of famine(L) in the land or bear the scorn(M) of the nations.(N) 30 Then they will know that I, the Lord their God, am with them and that they, the Israelites, are my people, declares the Sovereign Lord.(O) 31 You are my sheep,(P) the sheep of my pasture,(Q) and I am your God, declares the Sovereign Lord.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 34:26 Or I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be named in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or I will cause them and the places surrounding my hill to be seen as blessed

23 Be glad, people of Zion,
    rejoice(A) in the Lord your God,
for he has given you the autumn rains
    because he is faithful.(B)
He sends you abundant showers,(C)
    both autumn(D) and spring rains,(E) as before.

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