^8 (A)Who covers the heavens with clouds,
Who prepares rain for the earth,
Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.

³ Therefore the ^(A)showers have been withheld,
And there has been no latter rain.
You have had a ^(B)harlot’s forehead;
You refuse to be ashamed.

²⁴ They do not say in their heart,
“Let us now fear the Lord our God,
^(A)Who gives rain, both the ^(B)former and the latter, in its season.
^(C)He reserves for us the appointed weeks of the harvest.”

²³ Be glad then, you children of Zion,
And ^(A)rejoice in the Lord your God;
For He has given you the ^[a]former rain faithfully,
And He ^(B)will cause the rain to come down for you—
The former rain,
And the latter rain in the first month.