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zechariah 10
1 - Ask of the LORD rain in the spring time,The LORD who makes storm clouds,and he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field.
2 - For the teraphim have spoken vanity,and the diviners have seen a lie;and they have told false dreams.They comfort in vain.Therefore they go their way like sheep.They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd.
3 - My anger is kindled against the shepherds,and I will punish the male goats;For the LORD of Hosts has visited his flock, the house of Judah,and will make them as his majestic horse in the battle.
4 - From him will come the cornerstone,from him the nail,from him the battle bow,from him every ruler together.
5 - They shall be as mighty men,treading down muddy streets in the battle;and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them;and the riders on horses will be confounded.
6 - "I will strengthen the house of Judah,and I will save the house of Joseph,and I will bring them back;for I have mercy on them;and they will be as though I had not cast them off:for I am the LORD their God, and I will hear them.
7 - Ephraim will be like a mighty man,and their heart will rejoice as through wine;yes, their children will see it, and rejoice.Their heart will be glad in The LORD.
8 - I will signal for them, and gather them;for I have redeemed them;and they will increase as they have increased.
9 - I will sow them among the peoples;and they will remember me in far countries;and they will live with their children, and will return.
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 there won't be room enough for them.
11 - He will pass through the sea of affliction,and will strike the waves in the sea,and all the depths of the Nile will dry up;and the pride of Assyria will be brought down,and the scepter of Egypt will depart.
12 - I will strengthen them in The LORD;and they will walk up and down in his name," says The LORD.
