16 From the heart of Jerusalemthe Lord roars like a lion,shaking the earth and sky.But the Lord is a fortress,a place of safetyfor his people Israel.
17 I am the Lord your God.And you will know I live on Zion,my sacred hill,because Jerusalem will be sacred,untouched by foreign troops.
18 On that day, fruitful vineyardswill cover the mountains.And your cattle and goatsthat graze on the hillswill produce a lot of milk.Streams in Judahwill never run dry;a stream from my housewill flow in Acacia Valley.
19 Egypt and Edom were crueland brutal to Judah,without a reason.Now their countries will becomea barren desert,
20 but Judah and Jerusalemwill always have people.
21 I, the Lord, live on Mount Zion.I will punish the guiltyand defend the innocent.