^{11 Ref} Also thou -- by the blood of thy covenant, I have sent thy prisoners out of the pit, There is no water in it.

^{12 Ref} Turn back to a fenced place, Ye prisoners of the hope, Even to-day a second announcer I restore to thee.

^{13 Ref} For I have trodden for Me Judah, A bow I have filled `with' Ephraim, And I have stirred up thy sons, O Zion, Against thy sons, O Javan, And I have set thee as the sword of a hero.

^{14 Ref} And Jehovah doth appear for them, And gone forth as lightning hath His arrow, And the Lord Jehovah with a trumpet bloweth, And He hath gone with whirlwinds of the south.

^{15 Ref} Jehovah of Hosts doth cover them over, And they consumed, and subdued sling-stones, Yea, they have drunk, They have made a noise as wine, And they have been full as a bowl, As corners of an altar.

^{16 Ref} And saved them hath Jehovah their God In that day, as a flock of His people, For stones of a crown are displaying themselves over His ground.

^{17 Ref} For what His goodness! and what His beauty! Corn the young men, And new wine the virgins -- make fruitful!