51 lines
2.1 KiB
Markdown
51 lines
2.1 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 10
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1 Ask rain from the Lord
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in the season of the spring rain,
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from the Lord who makes the storm clouds,
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and he will give them showers of rain,
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to everyone the vegetation in the field.
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2 For the household gods utter nonsense,
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and the diviners see lies;
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they tell false dreams
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and give empty consolation.
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Therefore the people wander like sheep;
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they are afflicted for lack of a shepherd.
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3 “My anger is hot against the shepherds,
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and I will punish the leaders;
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for the Lord of hosts cares for his flock, the house of Judah,
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and will make them like his majestic steed in battle.
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4 From him shall come 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—all of them together.
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5 They shall be like mighty men in battle,
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trampling the foe in the mud of the streets;
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they shall fight because the Lord is with them,
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and they shall put to shame the riders on horses.
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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 because I have compassion on them,
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and they shall be as though I had not rejected them,
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for I am the Lord their God and I will answer them.
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7 Then Ephraim shall become like a mighty warrior,
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and their hearts shall be glad as with wine.
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Their children shall see it and be glad;
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their hearts shall rejoice in the Lord.
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8 “I will whistle for them and gather them in,
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for I have redeemed them,
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and they shall be as many as they were before.
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9 Though I scattered them among the nations,
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yet in far countries they shall remember me,
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and with their children they shall live and return.
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10 I will bring them home from the land of Egypt,
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and gather them from Assyria,
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and I will bring them to the land of Gilead and to Lebanon,
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till there is no room for them.
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11 He shall pass through the sea of troubles
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and strike down the waves of the sea,
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and all the depths of the Nile shall be dried up.
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The pride of Assyria shall be laid low,
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and the scepter of Egypt shall depart.
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12 I will make them strong in the Lord,
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and they shall walk in his name,”
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declares the Lord. |