10:1 Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain;
[so] the LORD will make bright clouds, and give them showers of
rain, to every one grass in the field.
10:2 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.
10:3 My 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.
10:4 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out
of him the battle-bow, out of him every oppressor together.
10:5 And they shall be as mighty [men], who 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.
10:6 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.
10:7 And [they of] Ephraim shall be like a mighty [man], and
their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yes, their children
shall see [it], and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the
LORD.
10:8 I will hiss for them, and gather them: for I have redeemed
them: and they shall increase as they have increased.
10:9 And I will sow them among the people: and they shall
remember me in remote countries; and they shall live with their
children, and turn again.
10:10 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.
10:11 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 scepter of Egypt shall depart.
10:12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall
walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.
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