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Zechariah 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.
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