| Chapter 10
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1 | Ask ye
of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright
clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field. |
2 | For the idols have
spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams;
they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were
troubled, because there was no shepherd. |
3 | Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and
I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of
Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle. |
4 | Out of him came forth the
corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every
oppressor together. |
5 |
And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the
mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is
with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded. |
6 | And I will strengthen the house of
Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to
place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not
cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them. |
7 | And they of Ephraim shall be
like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their
children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.
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8 | I will hiss for
them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as
they have increased. |
9 |
And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far
countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again. |
10 | I will bring them again
also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring
them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for
them. |
11 | And he
shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the
sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria
shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away. |
12 | And I will strengthen
them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the
LORD. |
