I will let it be overgrown with weeds. I will not trim the vines or hoe the ground; instead, I will let briers and thorns cover it. I will even forbid the clouds to let rain fall on it."

How happy everyone will be with plenty of water for the crops and safe pasture everywhere for the donkeys and cattle.

I am the LORD who created you; from the time you were born, I have helped you. Do not be afraid; you are my servant, my chosen people whom I love.

They will thrive like well-watered grass, like willows by streams of running water.

"My word is like the snow and the rain that come down from the sky to water the earth. They make the crops grow and provide seed for planting and food to eat.

So also will be the word that I speak--- it will not fail to do what I plan for it; it will do everything I send it to do.

And I will always guide you and satisfy you with good things. I will keep you strong and well. You will be like a garden that has plenty of water, like a spring of water that never goes dry.

You show your care for the land by sending rain; you make it rich and fertile. You fill the streams with water; you provide the earth with crops. This is how you do it:

What a rich harvest your goodness provides! Wherever you go there is plenty.

The fields are covered with sheep; the valleys are full of wheat. Everything shouts and sings for joy.

From the sky you send rain on the hills, and the earth is filled with your blessings.

You make grass grow for the cattle and plants for us to use, so that we can grow our crops

He changed deserts into pools of water and dry land into flowing springs.

They sowed the fields and planted grapevines and reaped an abundant harvest.

None of the idols of the nations can send rain; the sky by itself cannot make showers fall. We have put our hope in you, O LORD our God, because you are the one who does these things.

I will sprinkle clean water on you and make you clean from all your idols and everything else that has defiled you.

I will give you a new heart and a new mind. I will take away your stubborn heart of stone and give you an obedient heart.

At that time I will answer the prayers of my people Israel. I will make rain fall on the earth, and the earth will produce grain and grapes and olives.

I will establish my people in the land and make them prosper. I will show love to those who were called "Unloved," and to those who were called "Not-My-People" I will say, "You are my people," and they will answer, "You are our God."

"Fields, don't be afraid, but be joyful and glad because of all the LORD has done for you.

"Be glad, people of Zion, rejoice at what the LORD your God has done for you. He has given you the right amount of autumn rain; he has poured down the winter rain for you and the spring rain as before.

I will give you back what you lost in the years when swarms of locusts ate your crops. It was I who sent this army against you.

I kept it from raining when your crops needed it most. I sent rain on one city, but not on another. Rain fell on one field, but another field dried up.

Weak with thirst, the people of several cities went to a city where they hoped to find water, but there was not enough to drink. Still you did not come back to me.

But now I am treating the survivors of this nation differently.

They will plant their crops in peace. Their vines will bear grapes, the earth will produce crops, and there will be plenty of rain. I will give all these blessings to the people of my nation who survive.

Ask the LORD for rain in the spring of the year. It is the LORD who sends rain clouds and showers, making the fields green for everyone.

Bring the full amount of your tithes to the Temple, so that there will be plenty of food there. Put me to the test and you will see that I will open the windows of heaven and pour out on you in abundance all kinds of good things.

Instead, be concerned above everything else with the Kingdom of God and with what he requires of you, and he will provide you with all these other things.

Physical exercise has some value, but spiritual exercise is valuable in every way, because it promises life both for the present and for the future.

The time is coming when the LORD will make every plant and tree in the land grow large and beautiful. All the people of Israel who survive will take delight and pride in the crops that the land produces.

We feast on the abundant food you provide; you let us drink from the river of your goodness.

when seven cows, fat and sleek, came up out of the river and began feeding on the grass.

The seven fat cows are seven years, and the seven full heads of grain are also seven years; they have the same meaning.

During the seven years of plenty the land produced abundant crops,

May our sons in their youth be like plants that grow up strong. May our daughters be like stately columns which adorn the corners of a palace.

May our cattle reproduce plentifully without miscarriage or loss. May there be no cries of distress in our streets.

The people of Israel are as stubborn as mules. How can I feed them like lambs in a meadow?

But for you who obey me, my saving power will rise on you like the sun and bring healing like the sun's rays. You will be as free and happy as calves let out of a stall.