¹⁰ Before that time there were no wages^(A) for people or hire for animals. No one could go about their business safely^(B) because of their enemies, since I had turned everyone against their neighbor. ¹¹ But now I will not deal with the remnant of this people as I did in the past,”^(C) declares the Lord Almighty.

¹² “The seed will grow well, the vine will yield its fruit,^(D) the ground will produce its crops,^(E) and the heavens will drop their dew.^(F) I will give all these things as an inheritance^(G) to the remnant of this people.^(H)