⁸ Like a dream^(A) he flies away,^(B) no more to be found,
    banished^(C) like a vision of the night.^(D)

“When there is a prophet among you,
    I, the Lord, reveal^(A) myself to them in visions,^(B)
    I speak to them in dreams.^(C)

³ “My anger burns against the shepherds,
    and I will punish the leaders;^(H)
for the Lord Almighty will care
    for his flock, the people of Judah,
    and make them like a proud horse in battle.^(I)
4 From Judah will come the cornerstone,^(J)
    from him the tent peg,^(K)
from him the battle bow,^(L)
    from him every ruler.
⁵ Together they^[a] will be like warriors in battle
    trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets.^(M)
They will fight because the Lord is with them,
    and they will put the enemy horsemen to shame.^(N)

⁶ “I will strengthen^(O) Judah
    and save the tribes of Joseph.
I will restore them
    because I have compassion^(P) on them.^(Q)
They will be as though
    I had not rejected them,
for I am the Lord their God
    and I will answer^(R) them.
⁷ The Ephraimites will become like warriors,
    and their hearts will be glad as with wine.^(S)
Their children will see it and be joyful;
    their hearts will rejoice^(T) in the Lord.
⁸ I will signal^(U) for them
    and gather them in.
Surely I will redeem them;
    they will be as numerous^(V) as before.