1 Ask the LORD for rain in the springtime; it is the LORD who sends the thunderstorms. He gives showers of rain to all people, and plants of the field to everyone.2 The idols speak deceitfully, diviners see visions that lie; they tell dreams that are false, they give comfort in vain. Therefore the people wander like sheep oppressed for lack of a shepherd.3 "My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders; for the LORD Almighty will care for his flock, the people of Judah, and make them like a proud horse in battle.4 From Judah will come the cornerstone, from him the tent peg, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler.5 Together they "will be like warriors in battle trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the enemy horsemen to shame.6 "I will strengthen Judah and save the tribes of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them. They will be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the LORD their God and I will answer them.7 The Ephraimites will become like warriors, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.8 I will signal for them and gather them in. Surely I will redeem them; they will be as numerous as before.9 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.10 I will bring them back from Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon, and there will not be room enough for them.11 They will pass through the sea of trouble; the surging sea will be subdued and all the depths of the Nile will dry up. Assyria's pride will be brought down and Egypt's scepter will pass away.12 I will strengthen them in the LORD and in his name they will live securely," declares the LORD.
1 [Petite a Domino pluviam in tempore serotino,et Dominus faciet nives :et pluviam imbris dabit eis,singulis herbam in agro.2 Quia simulacra locuta sunt inutile,et divini viderunt mendacium :et somniatores locuti sunt frustra,vane consolabantur :idcirco abducti sunt quasi grex :affligentur, quia non est eis pastor.3 Super pastores iratus est furor meus,et super hircos visitabo :quia visitavit Dominus exercituum gregem suum, domum Juda,et posuit eos quasi equum glori su in bello.4 Ex ipso angelus, ex ipso paxillas,ex ipso arcus prlii,ex ipso egredietur omnis exactor simul.5 Et erunt quasi fortes conculcantes lutum viarum in prlio,et bellabunt, quia Dominus cum eis :et confundentur ascensores equorum.6 Et confortabo domum Juda,et domum Joseph salvabo :et convertam eos, quia miserebor eorum :et erunt sicut fuerunt quando non projeceram eos :ego enim Dominus Deus eorum, et exaudiam eos.7 Et erunt quasi fortes Ephraim,et ltabitur cor eorum quasi a vino :et filii eorum videbunt, et ltabuntur,et exsultabit cor eorum in Domino.8 Sibilabo eis, et congregabo illos,quia redemi eos :et multiplicabo eos sicut ante fuerant multiplicati.9 Et seminabo eos in populis,et de longe recordabuntur mei :et vivent cum filiis suis, et revertentur.10 Et reducam eos de terra gypti,et de Assyriis congregabo eos,et ad terram Galaad et Libani adducam eos,et non invenietur eis locus :11 et transibit in maris freto,et percutiet in mari fluctus,et confundentur omnia profunda fluminis :et humiliabitur superbia Assur,et sceptrum gypti recedet.12 Confortabo eos in Domino,et in nomine ejus ambulabunt, dicit Dominus.]