10 Ask ^(A)rain from Yahweh at the time of the ^[a]late rain—
Yahweh who ^(B)makes the ^[b]storm clouds;
And He will give them ^(C)showers of rain, the plant in the field to each man.
² For the ^(D)teraphim speak wickedness,
And the ^(E)diviners behold ^[c]false visions
And speak ^(F)worthless dreams;
They comfort in vain.
Therefore the people journey like ^(G)sheep;
They are afflicted because there is no shepherd.
³ “My ^(H)anger burns against the shepherds,
And I will visit punishment upon the ^[d]male goats;
For Yahweh of hosts has ^(I)visited His flock, the house of Judah,
And will make them like His splendid horse in battle.
⁴ From ^[e]them will come the ^(J)cornerstone,
From ^[f]them the tent peg,
From ^[g]them the bow of ^[h](K)battle,
From ^[i]them every good ^[j]taskmaster, all of them together.
⁵ And they will be as mighty men,
^(L)Treading down the enemy in the mire of the streets in battle;
And they will battle, for Yahweh will be with them;
And the ^(M)riders on horses will be put to shame.
⁶ I will ^(N)make the house of Judah mighty,
And I will ^(O)save the house of Joseph,
And I will ^[k](P)cause them to return,
Because I have had ^(Q)compassion on them;
And they will be as though I had ^(R)not rejected them,
For I am Yahweh their God, and I will ^(S)answer them.
⁷ And Ephraim will be like a mighty man,
And their heart will be glad as if from wine;
Indeed, their ^(T)children will see it and be glad;
^[l]Their heart will rejoice in Yahweh.
⁸ I will ^(U)whistle for them to gather them together,
For I have redeemed them;
And they will be as ^(V)numerous as they ^(W)were ^[m]before.
⁹ And I will sow them among the peoples,
And they will ^(X)remember Me in far countries,
And they with their children will live and turn back.
¹⁰ Then I will cause them to ^(Y)return from the land of Egypt
And gather them from Assyria;
And I will bring them into the land of ^(Z)Gilead and Lebanon
^[n]Until ^(AA)no room can be found for them.
¹¹ And ^[o]they will pass through the ^(AB)sea of distress,
And He will strike the waves in the sea,
So that all the depths of the ^(AC)Nile will dry up;
And the pride of ^(AD)Assyria will be brought down,
And the scepter of ^(AE)Egypt will depart.
¹² And I will ^(AF)make them mighty in Yahweh,
And in His name ^(AG)they will walk,” declares Yahweh.