10ASK OF the Lord rain in the time of the latter {or} spring rain. It is the Lord Who makes lightnings which usher in the rain {and} give men showers, and grass to everyone in the field.H7592H3068H4306H6256H4456H3068H6213H2385H5414H1653H4306H376H6212H77042For the teraphim (household idols) have spoken vanity (emptiness, falsity, and futility) and the diviners have seen a lie and the dreamers have told false dreams; they comfort in vain. Therefore the people go their way like sheep; they are afflicted {and} hurt because there is no shepherd.H8655H1696H205H7080H2372H8267H1696H7723H2472H5162H1892H5265H6629H6031H74623My anger is kindled against the shepherds [who are not true shepherds] and I will punish the goat leaders, for the Lord of hosts has visited His flock, the house of Judah, and will make them as His beautiful {and} majestic horse in the battle.H639H2734H7462H6485H6260H3068H6635H6485H5739H1004H3063H7760H1935H5483H44214Out of him [Judah] shall come forth the Cornerstone, out of him the tent peg, out of him the battle bow; every ruler shall proceed from him.H3318H6438H3489H4421H7198H5065H31625And they shall be like mighty men treading down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle, and they shall fight because the Lord is with them, and the [oppressor's] riders on horses shall be confounded {and} put to shame.H1368H947H2916H2351H4421H3898H3068H7392H5483H30016And I will strengthen the house of Judah and I will save the house of Joseph [Ephraim]. I will bring them back {and} cause them to dwell securely, for I have mercy, loving-kindness, {and} compassion for them. They shall be as though I had not cast them off, for I am the Lord their God, and I will hear them.H1396H1004H3063H3467H1004H3130H3427H7355H834H2186H3068H430H60307Then Ephraim [the ten tribes] shall become like a mighty warrior, and their hearts shall rejoice as through wine; yes, their children shall see it and rejoice; their hearts shall feel great delight {and} glory triumphantly in the Lord!H669H1368H3820H8055H3196H1121H7200H8055H3820H1523H30688I will hiss for them [as the keeper does for his bees] and gather them in, for I have redeemed them, and they shall increase [again] as they have increased [before, in Egypt].H8319H6908H6299H7235H72359And though I sow them among the nations, yet they shall [earnestly] remember Me in far countries, and with their children they shall live and shall return [to God and the land He gave them].H2232H5971H2142H4801H2421H1121H772510I will bring them [all Israel] home again from the land of Egypt and gather them out of Assyria, and I will bring them into the land [on the east and on the west of the Jordan, into] Gilead and Lebanon, and room enough shall not be found for them.H7725H776H4714H6908H804H935H776H1568H3844H467211And [the Lord] will pass through the sea of distress {and} affliction [at the head of His people, as He did at the Red Sea]; and He will smite down the waves of the sea, and all the depths of the [river] Nile shall be dried up {and} put to shame; and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down and the scepter {or} rod [of the taskmasters of Egypt] shall pass away.H5674H3220H6869H5221H1530H3220H4688H2975H3001H1347H804H3381H7626H4714H549312And I will strengthen [Israel] in the Lord, and they shall walk up and down {and} glory in His name, says the Lord.H1396H3068H1980H8034H5002H3068
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