The Covenant of Peace
God promises a covenant of peace in which the land is made safe, showers of blessing come in season, and the flock dwells secure. Trees and fields become fruitful, oppressive yokes are broken, famine and scorn are removed, and the people are no longer prey to nations or beasts. The result is covenant recognition: Israel knows that the LORD is with them, that they are His people, and that they are His flock under His care.
I25 will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest. 26I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season— showers of blessing. 27The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and delivered them from the hands that enslaved them. 28They will no longer be prey for the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not consume them. They will dwell securely, and no one will frighten them. 29And I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations. 30Then they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people,’ declares the Lord GOD. 31‘You are My flock, the sheep of My pasture, My people, and I am your God,’ declares the Lord GOD.”