| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
