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| [1]They asked of Jehovah rain in a time of latter rain, Jehovah is making lightnings, And rain [in] showers He doth give to them. To each -- the herb in the field. |
[1]Ask you of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain: so shall the Lord make white clouds, and give you showers of rain, and to every one grass in the field. |
| [2]Because the teraphim did speak iniquity, And the diviners have seen a falsehood, And dreams of the vanity they speak, [With] vanity they give comfort, Therefore they have journeyed as a flock, They are afflicted, for there is no shepherd. |
[2]Surely the idols have spoken vanity, and the soothsayers have seen a lie, and the dreamers have told a vain thing: they comfort in vain: therefore they went away as sheep: they were troubled, because there was no shepherd. |
| [3]Against the shepherds did Mine anger burn, And against the he-goats I lay a charge, For inspected hath Jehovah of Hosts His flock, the house of Judah, And set them as His beauteous horse in battle. |
[3]My wrath was kindled against the shepherds, and I did visit the goats: but the Lord of hosts will visit his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them as his beautiful horse in the battle. |
| [4]From him [is] a corner-stone, From him a nail, from him a battle-bow, From him goeth forth every exactor together. |
[4]Out of him shall the corner come forth: out of him the nail, out of him the bow of battle, and out of him every appointer of tribute also. |
| [5]And they have been as heroes, Treading in mire of out-places in battle, And they have fought, for Jehovah [is] with them, And have put to shame riders of horses. |
[5]And they shall be as the 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 have made mighty the house of Judah, And the house of Joseph I do save, And I have caused them to dwell, for I have loved them, And they have been as [if] I had not cast them off, For I [am] Jehovah their God, And I answer them. |
[6]And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will preserve the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again, for I pity 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 Ephraim hath been as a hero, And rejoiced hath their heart as wine, And their sons see, and they have rejoiced, Rejoice doth their heart in Jehovah. |
[7]And they of Ephraim shall be as a giant, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad: and their heart shall rejoice in the Lord. |
| [8]I hist for them, and I gather them, For I have redeemed them, And they have multiplied as they did multiply. |
[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 sow them among peoples, And in far-off places they remember Me, And they have lived with their sons, And they have turned back. |
[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]And I have brought them back from the land of Egypt, And from Asshur I do gather them, And unto the land of Gilead and Lebanon I do bring them in, And there is not found for them [space]. |
[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 hath passed over through the sea, And hath pressed and smitten billows in the sea, And dried up have been all depths of a flood, And brought down hath been the excellency of Asshur, And the rod of Egypt doth turn aside. |
[11]And he shall go into the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the depths of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be cast down, and the scepter of Egypt shall depart away. |
| [12]And I have made them mighty in Jehovah, And in His name they walk up and down, An affirmation of Jehovah! |
[12]And I will strengthen them in the Lord, and they shall walk in his name, saith the Lord. |