"Behold,daysare coming,"declaresthe LORD,"When the plowmanwill overtakethe reaperAnd the treaderof grapeshim who sowsseed;When the mountainswill dripsweetwineAnd allthe hillswill be dissolved.
"He ties[his] foalto the vine,And his donkey'scoltto the choicevine;He washeshis garmentsin wine,And his robesin the bloodof grapes.
The mountainsmeltedlike waxat the presenceof the LORD,At the presenceof the Lordof the wholeearth.
Gladnessand joyare takenawayfrom the fruitfulfield;In the vineyardsalso there will be nocriesof joyor jubilantshouting,Notreadertreadsout winein the presses,[For] I have made the shoutingto cease.
"Insteadof the thornbushthe cypresswill comeup, And insteadof the nettlethe myrtlewill comeup, And it will be a memorialto the LORD,For an everlastingsignwhich will not be cutoff."
"They will livein it securely;and they will buildhouses,plantvineyardsand livesecurelywhen I executejudgmentsupon allwho scornthem roundaboutthem. Then they will knowthat I am the LORDtheir God."'"
"They will say,'Thisdesolatelandhas becomelike the gardenof Eden;and the waste,desolateand ruinedcitiesare fortified[and] inhabited.'
The threshingfloorswill be fullof grain,And the vatswill overflowwith the newwineand oil.
And in that dayThe mountainswill dripwith sweetwine,And the hillswill flowwith milk,And allthe brooksof Judahwill flowwith water;And a springwill goout from the houseof the LORDTo waterthe valleyof Shittim.
But Judahwill be inhabitedforeverAnd Jerusalemfor allgenerations.
Indeed, your threshingwill lastfor you untilgrapegathering,and grapegatheringwill lastuntilsowingtime.You will thus eatyour foodto the fulland livesecurelyin your land.
The LordGODof hosts,The One who touchesthe landso that it melts,And allthose who dwellin it mourn,And allof it risesup like the NileAnd subsideslike the Nileof Egypt;
"Do you not say,'There are yetfour months,and [then] comesthe harvest?Behold,I sayto you, liftup your eyesand lookon the fields,that they are whitefor harvest.
"The mountainsquakedat the presenceof the LORD,ThisSinai,at the presenceof the LORD,the Godof Israel.
