⁶ May he be like rain^(A) falling on a mown field,
    like showers watering the earth.

¹² Sow^(A) righteousness^(B) for yourselves,
    reap the fruit of unfailing love,
and break up your unplowed ground;^(C)
    for it is time to seek^(D) the Lord,
until he comes
    and showers his righteousness^(E) on you.

⁵ I will be like the dew^(A) to Israel;
    he will blossom like a lily.^(B)
Like a cedar of Lebanon^(C)
    he will send down his roots;^(D)

¹⁸ “In that day the mountains will drip new wine,^(A)
    and the hills will flow with milk;^(B)
    all the ravines of Judah will run with water.^(C)
A fountain will flow out of the Lord’s house^(D)
    and will water the valley of acacias.^[a](E)