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56 lines
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# Chapter 10
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1 Ask the Lord for rain
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In the time of the latter rain.
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The Lord will make flashing clouds;
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He will give them showers of rain,
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Grass in the field for everyone.
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2 For the idols speak delusion;
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The diviners envision lies,
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And tell false dreams;
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They comfort in vain.
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Therefore the people wend their way like sheep;
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They are in trouble because there is no shepherd.
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3 “My anger is kindled against the shepherds,
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And I will punish the goatherds.
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For the Lord of hosts will visit His flock,
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The house of Judah,
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And will make them as His royal horse in the battle.
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4 From him comes the cornerstone,
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From him the tent peg,
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From him the battle bow,
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From him every ruler together.
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5 They shall be like mighty men,
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Who tread down their enemies
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In the mire of the streets in the battle.
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They shall fight because the Lord is with them,
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And the riders on horses shall be put to shame.
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6 “I will strengthen the house of Judah,
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And I will save the house of Joseph.
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I will bring them back,
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Because I have mercy on them.
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They shall be as though I had not cast them aside;
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For I am the Lord their God,
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And I will hear them.
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7 Those of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man,
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And their heart shall rejoice as if with wine.
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Yes, their children shall see it and be glad;
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Their heart shall rejoice in the Lord.
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8 I will whistle for them and gather them,
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For I will redeem them;
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And they shall increase as they once increased.
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9 “I will sow them among the peoples,
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And they shall remember Me in far countries;
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They shall live, together with their children,
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And they shall return.
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10 I will also bring them back from the land of Egypt,
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And gather them from Assyria.
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I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon,
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Until no more room is found for them.
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11 He shall pass through the sea with affliction,
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And strike the waves of the sea:
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All the depths of the River shall dry up.
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Then the pride of Assyria shall be brought down,
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And the scepter of Egypt shall depart.
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12 “So I will strengthen them in the Lord,
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And they shall walk up and down in His name,”
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Says the Lord. |