10Ask the Lord for rain in the spring, for he makes the storm clouds. And he will send showers of rain so every field becomes a lush pasture.H7592H3068H4306H6256H4456H3068H6213H2385H5414H1653H4306H376H6212H77042Household gods give worthless advice, fortune-tellers predict only lies, and interpreters of dreams pronounce falsehoods that give no comfort. So my people are wandering like lost sheep; they are attacked because they have no shepherd.H8655H1696H205H7080H2372H8267H1696H7723H2472H5162H1892H5265H6629H6031H74623“My anger burns against your shepherds, and I will punish these leaders. For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has arrived to look after Judah, his flock. He will make them strong and glorious, like a proud warhorse in battle.H639H2734H7462H6485H6260H3068H6635H6485H5739H1004H3063H7760H1935H5483H44214From Judah will come the cornerstone, the tent peg, the bow for battle, and all the rulers.H3318H6438H3489H4421H7198H5065H31625They will be like mighty warriors in battle, trampling their enemies in the mud under their feet. Since the Lord is with them as they fight, they will overthrow even the enemy’s horsemen.H1368H947H2916H2351H4421H3898H3068H7392H5483H30016“I will strengthen Judah and save Israel; I will restore them because of my compassion. It will be as though I had never rejected them, for I am the Lord their God, who will hear their cries.H1396H1004H3063H3467H1004H3130H3427H7355H834H2186H3068H430H60307The people of Israel will become like mighty warriors, and their hearts will be made happy as if by wine. Their children, too, will see it and be glad; their hearts will rejoice in the Lord.H669H1368H3820H8055H3196H1121H7200H8055H3820H1523H30688When I whistle to them, they will come running, for I have redeemed them. From the few who are left, they will grow as numerous as they were before.H8319H6908H6299H7235H72359Though I have scattered them like seeds among the nations, they will still remember me in distant lands. They and their children will survive and return again to Israel.H2232H5971H2142H4801H2421H1121H772510I will bring them back from Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will resettle them in Gilead and Lebanon until there is no more room for them all.H7725H776H4714H6908H804H935H776H1568H3844H467211They will pass safely through the sea of distress, for the waves of the sea will be held back, and the waters of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be crushed, and the rule of Egypt will end.H5674H3220H6869H5221H1530H3220H4688H2975H3001H1347H804H3381H7626H4714H549312By my power I will make my people strong, and by my authority they will go wherever they wish. I, the Lord, have spoken!”H1396H3068H1980H8034H5002H3068
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. For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has arrived to look after Judah, his flock. He will make them strong and glorious, like a proud warhorse in battle.H639
