2 I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and I will make your name great, and you will become a blessing.+ 3 I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who calls down evil on you,+ and all the families of the ground will certainly be blessed* by means of you.”+

12 Jehovah will open up to you his good storehouse, the heavens, to give your land rain in its season+ and to bless all that you do. You will lend to many nations, while you yourself will not need to borrow.+

13 And just as you became an object of cursing among the nations,+ O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will become a blessing.+ Do not be afraid!+ Let your hands be strong.’*+