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Chapter 10 |
| 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.
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| 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. |
