Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Ask
the
LORD
for
rain in springtime;
the
LORD
makes
the
storm
clouds
, and He will
give everyone
showers
of
rain
and
crops
in the field.
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.
For
idols
speak deceit
and diviners see
illusions;
they
tell
false
dreams
and offer
empty
comfort .
Therefore the
people
wander
like
sheep
, oppressed
for lack
of
a
shepherd.
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.
“My
anger
burns
against the shepherds, and I
will
punish
the leaders.
For the
LORD
of Hosts attends
to
His flock, the house of Judah ;
He
will
make
them like
His royal
steed
in battle.
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.
The
cornerstone
will
come
from Judah
, the
tent
peg
from him, as
well
as
the
battle bow and
every ruler
together.
From him
`is'
a
corner-stone
, From him a
nail
, from
him
a
battle -
bow ,
From
him
goeth
forth
every exactor
together.
They will
be
like
mighty
men
in
battle
, trampling
the
enemy
in the
mire of the
streets.
They will
fight
because
the
LORD
is with them, and they
will
put the
horsemen
to shame.
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
.
I will
strengthen
the house of Judah and save
the house of Joseph .
I will
restore
them because
I have compassion
on
them, and they will
be
as though
I had not rejected
them .
For I am the
LORD
their God, and I will
answer them.
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.
Ephraim will
be
like
a mighty
man
, and their hearts
will
be
glad
as with
wine .
Their children
will
see it
and be
joyful;
their
hearts
will
rejoice in the
LORD
.
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
.
I will
whistle
for them to
gather, for I have redeemed them ;
and they will
be
as
numerous
as they once
were
.
I hist
for them ,
and
I
gather them
, For I have redeemed them ,
And they have
multiplied
as they did
multiply
.
Though
I sow them among the
nations
, they will
remember Me in
distant
lands;
they
and their children
will
live
and return
.
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
.
I will
bring
them back from Egypt and gather
them
from Assyria.
I will
bring
them to
Gilead and Lebanon until
no
more
room
is found for them.
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'
.
They
will
pass
through the sea of
distress
and strike
the
waves
of
the sea ;
all the
depths of the
Nile
will
dry
up.
The
pride
of
Assyria
will
be
brought down, and the scepter
of Egypt will
depart
.
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
.
I will
strengthen
them in the
LORD
, and in His name they will
walk, ”
declares
the
LORD.
And
I have
made
them mighty
in Jehovah
, And in His name they walk up
and
down
, An
affirmation
of
Jehovah!
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