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65:9-13 You Have Made the Land Produce Abundantly. This section enables God's people to delight in his bountiful supply for his land by enabling them to imagine what the ground itself would feel under God's blessing: the abundance of water in an arid land, softening it with showers so that the farmers can work it and the plants can grow; the fields clothing themselves with grass, grazing animals, and grain; and the overflowing wagon tracks. These images convey the thought of a land producing abundantly for man and beast. In the personification, the very pastures, hills, meadows, and valleys . . . shout and sing together for joy. The faithful people can see their song as joining the celebration of the fruitful land.