CHAPTER 10
Ask
the LORD
for rain
in springtime;
the LORD
makes
the storm clouds,
and He will give
them
showers
of rain
and crops
of the field
for everyone.
For
idols
speak
deceit
and diviners
see
illusions;
they tell
FALSE
dreams
and offer empty
comfort.
Therefore
the people wander
like
sheep,
oppressed
for
lack
of a shepherd.
“My anger
burns
against
the shepherds,
and I will punish
the leaders.
For
the LORD
of Hosts
attends to
His flock,
the house
of Judah;
He will make
them
like His royal
steed
in battle.
The cornerstone
will come from Judah,
the tent peg
from him,
as well as the battle
bow
and every
ruler
together.
They will be
like mighty men
in battle,
trampling
the enemy in the mire
of the streets.
They will fight
because
the LORD
is with them,
and they will put the horsemen
to shame.
I will strengthen
the house
of Judah
and deliver
the house
of Joseph.
I will restore them
because
I have compassion on them,
and they will be
as though
I had not
rejected them.
For
I
am the LORD
their God,
and I will answer them.
Ephraim
will be
like a mighty man,
and their hearts
will be glad
as
with wine.
Their children
will see it
and be glad;
their hearts
will rejoice
in the LORD.
I will whistle
for them
to gather,
for
I have redeemed them;
and they will be as numerous
as
they once were.
Though I sow
them among the nations,
they will remember Me
in distant lands;
they and their children
will live
and return.
I will bring them back
from
Egypt
and gather them
from Assyria.
I will bring
them
to Gilead
and Lebanon
until no
more room is found
for them.
They will pass
through the sea
of distress
and strike
the waves
of the sea;
all
the depths
of the Nile
will dry up.
The pride
of Assyria
will be brought down,
and the scepter
of Egypt
will depart.