Tell the righteous that it will go well for them,
for they will eat the fruit of their labor.

On that day the Branch of the Lord will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the pride and glory of Israel’s survivors.

They crossed over at the ford, saying,
“We will spend the night at Geba.”
The people of Ramah are trembling;
those at Gibeah of Saul have fled.

Then a shoot will grow from the stump of Jesse,
and a branch from his roots will bear fruit.

So I join with Jazer
to weep for the vines of Sibmah;
I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears.
Triumphant shouts have fallen silent
over your summer fruit and your harvest.

In days to come, Jacob will take root.
Israel will blossom and bloom
and fill the whole world with fruit.

“‘This will be the sign for you: This year you will eat what grows on its own, and in the second year what grows from that. But in the third year sow and reap, plant vineyards and eat their fruit.

The surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root downward and bear fruit upward.

People will build houses and live in them;
they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit.