²¹ Land, don't be afraid. Be glad and rejoice, for Yahweh has done great things.

¹⁶ In that day, it will be said to Jerusalem, "Don't be afraid, Zion. Don't let your hands be slack."

¹⁷ Yahweh, your God, is in the midst of you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will rest in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

⁴ Don't be afraid; for you shall not be ashamed: neither be confounded; for you shall not be disappointed: for you shall forget the shame of your youth; and the reproach of your widowhood shall you remember no more.

²³ Sing, you heavens, for Yahweh has done it; shout, you lower parts of the earth; break forth into singing, you mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for Yahweh has redeemed Jacob, and will glorify himself in Israel.

¹² For you shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands.

⁹ but they shall serve Yahweh their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up to them.

¹⁰ Therefore don't you be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh; neither be dismayed, Israel: for, behold, I will save you from afar, and your seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be quiet and at ease, and none shall make him afraid.

³ Call to me, and I will answer you, and will show you great things, and difficult, which you don't know.

²¹ It will happen in that day, I will respond," says Yahweh, I will respond to the heavens, And they will respond to the earth;

²⁰ But I will remove the northern army far away from you, And will drive it into a barren and desolate land, Its front into the eastern sea, And its back into the western sea; And its stench will come up, And its bad smell will rise." Surely he has done great things.

¹⁵ so again have I thought in these days to do good to Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. Don't be afraid.

¹⁰ Don't you be afraid, for I am with you; don't be dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

¹ The wilderness and the dry land shall be glad; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

³² For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and from the one end of the sky to the other, whether there has been [any such thing] as this great thing is, or has been heard like it?

¹⁶ Now therefore stand still and see this great thing, which Yahweh will do before your eyes.

²⁴ Only fear Yahweh, and serve him in truth with all your heart; for consider how great things he has done for you.

¹² The wilderness grasslands overflow. The hills are clothed with gladness.

¹³ The pastures are covered with flocks. The valleys also are clothed with grain. They shout for joy! They also sing.

¹⁹ Your righteousness also, God, reaches to the heavens; You have done great things. God, who is like you?

¹¹ Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. Let the sea roar, and it's fullness!

¹² Let the field and all that is in it exult! Then all the trees of the woods shall sing for joy

⁸ Let the rivers clap their hands. Let the mountains sing for joy together.

¹ > When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion, We were like those who dream.

² Then our mouth was filled with laughter, And our tongue with singing. Then they said among the nations, "Yahweh has done great things for them."

³ Yahweh has done great things for us, And we are glad.

¹ After these things the word of Yahweh came to Abram in a vision, saying, "Don't be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your exceedingly great reward."