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20 But I will remove far off from you the northern [army, army of locusts], and will drive him into an eretz barren and desolate, with his vanguard toward the eastern sea [Dead Sea], and his rearguard toward the western sea [Mediterranean Sea], and his stench and foul smell will go up. Surely it hath done great things.

21 Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice; for Hashem hath done great things.

22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field; for the pastures of the midbar do spring up, for the etz beareth her fruit, the te’enah and the gefen do yield their strength.

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20 “I will drive the northern horde(A) far from you,
    pushing it into a parched and barren land;
its eastern ranks will drown in the Dead Sea
    and its western ranks in the Mediterranean Sea.
And its stench(B) will go up;
    its smell will rise.”

Surely he has done great things!
21     Do not be afraid,(C) land of Judah;
    be glad and rejoice.(D)
Surely the Lord has done great things!(E)
22     Do not be afraid, you wild animals,
    for the pastures in the wilderness are becoming green.(F)
The trees are bearing their fruit;
    the fig tree(G) and the vine(H) yield their riches.(I)

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