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Yahweh Will Redeem Judah and Israel

¹ Ask ^(C1)rain from Yahweh at the time of the ^(F1)late rain—
Yahweh who ^(C2)makes the ^(F2)storm clouds;
And He will give them ^(C3)showers of rain, the plant in the field to each man.

² For the ^(C1)teraphim speak wickedness,
And the ^(C2)diviners behold ^(F1)false visions
And speak ^(C3)worthless dreams;
They comfort in vain.
Therefore the people journey like ^(C4)sheep;
They are afflicted because there is no shepherd.

³ "My ^(C1)anger burns against the shepherds,
And I will visit punishment upon the ^(F1)male goats;
For Yahweh of hosts has ^(C2)visited His flock, the house of Judah,
And will make them like His splendid horse in battle.

⁴ "From ^(F1)them will come the ^(C1)cornerstone,
From ^(F1)them the tent peg,
From ^(F1)them the bow of ^(F2)(C2)battle,
From ^(F1)them every good ^(F3)taskmaster, all of them together.

⁵ "And they will be as mighty men,
^(C1)Treading down the enemy in the mire of the streets in battle;
And they will battle, for Yahweh will be with them;
And the ^(C2)riders on horses will be put to shame.

⁶ "I will ^(C1)make the house of Judah mighty,
And I will ^(C2)save the house of Joseph,
And I will ^(F1)(C3)cause them to return,
Because I have had ^(C4)compassion on them;
And they will be as though I had ^(C5)not rejected them,
For I am Yahweh their God, and I will ^(C6)answer them.

⁷ "And Ephraim will be like a mighty man,
And their heart will be glad as if from wine;
Indeed, their ^(C1)children will see it and be glad;
^(F1)Their heart will rejoice in Yahweh.

⁸ "I will ^(C1)whistle for them to gather them together,
For I have redeemed them;
And they will be as ^(C2)numerous as they ^(C3)were ^(F1)before.

⁹ "And I will sow them among the peoples,
And they will ^(C1)remember Me in far countries,
And they with their children will live and turn back.

¹⁰ "Then I will cause them to ^(C1)return from the land of Egypt
And gather them from Assyria;
And I will bring them into the land of ^(C2)Gilead and Lebanon
^(F1)Until ^(C3)no room can be found for them.

¹¹ "And ^(F1)they will pass through the ^(C1)sea of distress,
And He will strike the waves in the sea,
So that all the depths of the ^(C2)Nile will dry up;
And the pride of ^(C3)Assyria will be brought down,
And the scepter of ^(C4)Egypt will depart.

¹² "And I will ^(C1)make them mighty in Yahweh,
And in His name ^(C2)they will walk," declares Yahweh.