10:1 Ask for rain from the LORD at the time of the spring rain—
The LORD who makes the ①storm winds;
And He will give them showers of rain, vegetation in the field to each person.
▷ ①Or thunderbolts
10:2 For the ①household idols speak deception,
And the diviners see ②an illusion
And tell deceitful dreams;
They comfort in vain.
Therefore the people ③wander like sheep,
They are wretched because there is no shepherd.
▷ ①Heb teraphim ②Lit a lie ③Lit journey
10:3 “My anger is kindled against the shepherds,
And I will punish the ①male goats;
For the LORD of armies has visited His flock, the house of Judah,
And will make them like His majestic horse in battle.
▷ ①I.e., leaders
10:4 From ①them will come the cornerstone,
From ②them the tent peg,
From ③them the bow of battle,
From ④them every tyrant, all of them together.
▷ ①Lit him ②Lit him ③Lit him ④Lit him
10:5 And they will be like warriors,
Trampling down the enemy in the mud of the streets in battle;
And they will fight, because the LORD will be with them;
And the riders on horses will be put to shame.
10:6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah,
And I will save the house of Joseph,
And I will ①bring them back,
Because I have had 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.
▷ ①Another reading is have them dwell
10:7 Ephraim will be like a warrior,
And their heart will be joyful as if from wine;
Indeed, their children will see it and be joyful,
①Their heart will rejoice in the LORD.
▷ ①Or Let their heart rejoice
10:8 I will whistle for them and gather them together,
For I have redeemed them;
And they will be as numerous as they ①were before.
▷ ①Lit were numerous
10:9 When I ①scatter them among the peoples,
They will remember Me in distant countries,
And they with their children will live and come back.
▷ ①Lit sow
10:10 I will bring them back from the land of Egypt
And gather them from Assyria;
And I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon
①Until no room can be found for them.
▷ ①Lit And
10:11 And they will pass through the sea of distress
And He will strike the waves in the sea,
So that all the depths of the Nile will dry up;
And the pride of Assyria will be brought down,
And the scepter of Egypt will depart.
10:12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD,
And in His name they will walk,” declares the LORD.