Zechariah Chapter 10 (NIV)
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The Lord Will Care for JudahAsk the Lord for rain in the springtime;it is the Lord who makes the storm clouds.He gives showers of rain to men,and plants of the field to everyone.
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The idols speak deceit,diviners see visions that lie;they tell dreams that are false,they give comfort in vain.Therefore the people wander like sheepoppressed for lack of a shepherd.
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“My anger burns against the shepherds,and I will punish the leaders;for the Lord Almighty will carefor his flock, the house of Judah,and make them like a proud horse in battle.
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From Judah will come the cornerstone,from him the tent peg,from him the battle bow,from him every ruler.
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Together they will be like mighty mentrampling the muddy streets in battle.Because the Lord is with them,they will fight and overthrow the horsemen.
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“I will strengthen the house of Judahand save the house of Joseph.I will restore thembecause I have compassion on them.They will be as thoughI had not rejected them,for I am the Lord their Godand I will answer them.
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The Ephraimites will become like mighty men,and their hearts will be glad as with wine.Their children will see it and be joyful;their hearts will rejoice in the Lord.
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I will signal for themand gather them in.Surely I will redeem them;they will be as numerous as before.
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Though I scatter them among the peoples,yet in distant lands they will remember me.They and their children will survive,and they will return.
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I will bring them back from Egyptand gather them from Assyria.I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon,and there will not be room enough for them.
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They will pass through the sea of trouble;the surging sea will be subduedand all the depths of the Nile will dry up.Assyria’s pride will be brought downand Egypt’s scepter will pass away.
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I will strengthen them in the Lordand in his name they will walk,”declares the Lord.
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