⁸ The Lord has made a promise.
    He has lifted up his right hand and mighty arm.
He has promised, “I will never give your grain
    to your enemies for food again.
Outsiders will never again drink the fresh wine
    you have worked so hard for.
⁹ Instead, those who gather the grain will eat it themselves.
    And they will praise me.
Those who gather grapes to make the wine will enjoy it.
    They will drink it in the courtyards of my temple.”

¹⁰ Go out through your gates, people of Jerusalem! Go out!
    Prepare the way for the rest of your people to return.
Build up the road! Build it up!
    Remove the stones.
Raise a banner over the city
    for the nations to see.