⁷ Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I swear with uplifted hand^(A) that the nations around you will also suffer scorn.^(B)

⁸ “‘But you, mountains of Israel, will produce branches and fruit^(C) for my people Israel, for they will soon come home. ⁹ I am concerned for you and will look on you with favor; you will be plowed and sown,^(D)