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O Senhor restaurará seu povo

10 Peçam ao Senhor chuva na primavera,
pois ele forma as nuvens de tempestade.
E ele enviará aguaceiros,
para que todos os campos se tornem pastos verdes.
Os ídolos do lar dão conselhos inúteis,
os adivinhadores só predizem mentiras,
e os que interpretam sonhos
proclamam falsidades que não trazem nenhuma consolação.
Por isso meu povo anda sem rumo,
como ovelhas perdidas que não têm pastor.
“Minha ira arde contra seus pastores,
e eu castigarei esses líderes.[a]
Pois o Senhor dos Exércitos chegou
para cuidar de Judá, seu rebanho.
Ele o tornará forte e glorioso,
como um majestoso cavalo na batalha.
De Judá virão a pedra angular,
a estaca da tenda,
o arco para a batalha,
e todos os governantes.
Serão como guerreiros poderosos na batalha,
que pisam os inimigos na lama sob seus pés.
Pois o Senhor está com eles na luta,
e derrubarão até os cavaleiros do inimigo.

“Fortalecerei Judá e livrarei Israel;[b]
eu os restaurarei, porque tenho compaixão deles.
Será como se eu nunca os houvesse rejeitado,
pois eu sou o Senhor, seu Deus,
e ouvirei seus clamores.
Os habitantes de Israel[c] serão como guerreiros poderosos,
e seu coração se alegrará como se fosse pelo vinho.
Seus filhos também verão isso e exultarão;
sim, seu coração se alegrará no Senhor.
Quando eu assobiar para eles, virão até mim,
pois os resgatei.
Eles crescerão
e se tornarão numerosos como antes.
Embora eu os tenha espalhado entre as nações,
ainda se lembrarão de mim nas terras distantes.
Eles e seus filhos sobreviverão
e voltarão para Israel.
10 Eu os trarei de volta do Egito
e os juntarei da Assíria.
Eu os estabelecerei outra vez em Gileade e no Líbano,
até que não haja mais espaço para todos.
11 Passarão pelo mar da aflição,[d]
pois as ondas do mar serão contidas,
e as águas do Nilo secarão.
O orgulho da Assíria será abatido,
e o domínio do Egito chegará ao fim.
12 Por meu poder[e] fortalecerei meu povo,
e, pela autoridade de meu nome, viverão.
Eu, o Senhor, falei!”

Footnotes

  1. 10.3 Ou esses bodes.
  2. 10.6 Em hebraico, livrarei a casa de José.
  3. 10.7 Em hebraico, de Efraim.
  4. 10.11 Ou mar do Egito, referência ao mar Vermelho.
  5. 10.12 Em hebraico, No Senhor.

The Lord Will Care for Judah

10 Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime;
    it is the Lord who sends the thunderstorms.
He gives showers of rain(A) to all people,
    and plants of the field(B) to everyone.
The idols(C) speak deceitfully,
    diviners(D) see visions that lie;
they tell dreams(E) that are false,
    they give comfort in vain.(F)
Therefore the people wander like sheep
    oppressed for lack of a shepherd.(G)

“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)
From Judah will come the cornerstone,(J)
    from him the tent peg,(K)
from him the battle bow,(L)
    from him every ruler.
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)

“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.
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.
I will signal(U) for them
    and gather them in.
Surely I will redeem them;
    they will be as numerous(V) as before.
Though I scatter them among the peoples,
    yet in distant lands they will remember me.(W)
They and their children will survive,
    and they will return.
10 I will bring them back from Egypt
    and gather them from Assyria.(X)
I will bring them to Gilead(Y) and Lebanon,
    and there will not be room(Z) 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.(AA)
Assyria’s pride(AB) will be brought down
    and Egypt’s scepter(AC) will pass away.(AD)
12 I will strengthen(AE) them in the Lord
    and in his name they will live securely,(AF)
declares the Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 10:5 Or ruler, all of them together. / They

10 Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.

Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the Lord of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.

Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.

And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the Lord is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the Lord their God, and will hear them.

And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it, and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the Lord.

I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.

And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.

10 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them.

11 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.

12 And I will strengthen them in the Lord; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the Lord.