111 lines
2.3 KiB
Markdown
111 lines
2.3 KiB
Markdown
The LORD Will Restore His People
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# Chapter 10
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1. Ask the LORD for rain in the spring,
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for he makes the storm clouds.
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And he will send showers of rain
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so every field becomes a lush pasture.
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2. Household gods give worthless advice,
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fortune-tellers predict only lies,
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and interpreters of dreams pronounce
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falsehoods that give no comfort.
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So my people are wandering like lost sheep;
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they are attacked because they have no shepherd.
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3. "My anger burns against your shepherds,
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and I will punish these leaders.
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For the LORD of Heaven's Armies has arrived
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to look after Judah, his flock.
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He will make them strong and glorious,
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like a proud warhorse in battle.
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4. From Judah will come the cornerstone,
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the tent peg,
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the bow for battle,
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and all the rulers.
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5. They will be like mighty warriors in battle,
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trampling their enemies in the mud under their feet.
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Since the LORD is with them as they fight,
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they will overthrow even the enemy's horsemen.
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6. "I will strengthen Judah and save Israel;
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I will restore them because of my compassion.
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It will be as though I had never rejected them,
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for I am the LORD their God, who will hear their cries.
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7. The people of Israel will become like mighty warriors,
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and their hearts will be made happy as if by wine.
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Their children, too, will see it and be glad;
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their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.
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8. When I whistle to them, they will come running,
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for I have redeemed them.
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From the few who are left,
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they will grow as numerous as they were before.
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9. Though I have scattered them like seeds among the nations,
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they will still remember me in distant lands.
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They and their children will survive
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and return again to Israel.
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10. I will bring them back from Egypt
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and gather them from Assyria.
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I will resettle them in Gilead and Lebanon
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until there is no more room for them all.
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11. They will pass safely through the sea of distress,
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for the waves of the sea will be held back,
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and the waters of the Nile will dry up.
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The pride of Assyria will be crushed,
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and the rule of Egypt will end.
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12. By my power I will make my people strong,
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and by my authority they will go wherever they wish.
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I, the LORD, have spoken!"
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