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          DASV: Zechariah 10    

1 Ask for rain from the LORD in the time of the spring rain,
          from the LORD who makes storm clouds.
      He will give them rain showers,
          to everyone vegetation in the field.
2 For the household gods have spoken nonsense,
     and the diviners have seen a lie;
           they have told false dreams,
           and they offer empty comfort.
      Therefore the people wander like sheep;
          they are attacked because there is no shepherd.
3 My anger burns against the shepherds,
     and I will punish the leaders;
      for the LORD of hosts has visited his flock,
     the house of Judah,
     and will make them like his mighty war horse in battle.
4 From him will come the cornerstone,
     from him the tent peg,
           from him the battle bow,
                from him every ruler.
5 They will be like warriors,
          trampling down their enemies in muddy streets in the battle.
      They will fight, because the LORD is with them,
          and the riders on horses will be put to shame.
6 I will strengthen the house of Judah;
     I will save the house of Joseph.
      I will bring them back
          because of my compassion on them.
     They will be as though I had never rejected them,
          for I am the LORD their God,
           and I will answer their prayers.
7 Then Ephraim will be like a warrior,
          and their heart will rejoice as if from drinking wine.
      Their children will see it, and rejoice;
          their heart will be glad in the LORD.
8 I will whistle for them, and gather them,
          for I have redeemed them.
     They will be as numerous as they were before.
9 Though I scatter them among the peoples,
     they will remember me in far countries;
      they will live with their children,
     and will return.
10 I will bring them again from the land of Egypt,
          and gather them out of Assyria.
     I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon,
          until there is not enough room for them.
11 They will pass through the sea of suffering,
     and will smite the waves in the sea,
           and all the depths of the Nile will dry up.
      The pride of Assyria will be brought down,
          and the scepter of Egypt's rule will end.
12 I will strengthen them in the LORD;
     they will walk up and down in his name,"
                says the LORD.

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