10"Ask the Lord for rain in the spring?the Lord who fashions lightning thunderstorms, giving rain showers to mankind along with grain in the fields.H7592H3068H4306H6256H4456H3068H6213H2385H5414H1653H4306H376H6212H77042Truly the family idols talk nonsense and the diviners discern lies, describing delusional dreams. Since their comfort is vacuous, they wander off on their own like sheep, because there is no shepherd.H8655H1696H205H7080H2372H8267H1696H7723H2472H5162H1892H5265H6629H6031H74623"Against the shepherds my anger rises?I am punishing the leaders also, because the Lord of the Heavenly Armies has visited his flock, the house of Judah, appointing them as his royal war horse for battle.H639H2734H7462H6485H6260H3068H6635H6485H5739H1004H3063H7760H1935H5483H44214From them arises the cornerstone and tent peg, from them the battle bow, from them arise all sorts of oppressive rulers.H3318H6438H3489H4421H7198H5065H31625They will be like mighty soldiers who trample mud in the streets during battle. They will fight because the Lord is with them, and the opposing horsemen will be confused.H1368H947H2916H2351H4421H3898H3068H7392H5483H30016"I will fortify the house of Judah, and the house of Joseph I will save. I will surely bring them back, because I care about them. They will be as if I had never cast them away. Since I am the Lord their God, I will answer them.H1396H1004H3063H3467H1004H3130H3427H7355H834H2186H3068H430H60307"The people of Ephraim will become like mighty soldiers; they will be glad, like those who have wine. Their children will see this and rejoice; their hearts will find joy in the Lord.H669H1368H3820H8055H3196H1121H7200H8055H3820H1523H30688I will whistle for them, gathering them together, because I have redeemed them, and they will multiply as they were before.H8319H6908H6299H7235H72359I will scatter them among the nations, and so they will remember me in distant countries. They will rear their children, and they will return.H2232H5971H2142H4801H2421H1121H772510I will bring them once again out of the land of Egypt, gathering them from Assyria. I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon, but there will not be enough space for them.H7725H776H4714H6908H804H935H776H1568H3844H467211They will pass through the sea of affliction, and they will strike the waves in that sea. All of the depths of the Nile will evaporate, Assyria's arrogance will be brought down low, and the ruling power of Egypt will disappear.H5674H3220H6869H5221H1530H3220H4688H2975H3001H1347H804H3381H7626H4714H549312"I will strengthen them in the Lord, and they will march here and there in his name," declares the Lord.H1396H3068H1980H8034H5002H3068
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