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From him will come the cornerstone,
    from him the nail,
    from him the battle bow,
    from him every ruler together.
    They shall be as mighty men,
    treading down muddy streets in the battle;
    and they shall fight, because Yahweh is with them;
    and the riders on horses will be confounded.
“I will strengthen the house of Judah,
    and I will save the house of Joseph,
    and I will bring them back;
    for I have mercy on them;
    and they will be as though I had not cast them off:
    for I am Yahweh their God, and I will hear them.
Ephraim will be like a mighty man,
    and their heart will rejoice as through wine;
    yes, their children will see it, and rejoice.
    Their heart will be glad in Yahweh.
I will signal for them, and gather them;
    for I have redeemed them;
    and they will increase as they have increased.
I will sow them among the peoples;
    and they will remember me in far countries;
    and they will live with their children, and will return.
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 there won’t be room enough for them.
11 He will pass through the sea of affliction,
    and will strike the waves in the sea,
    and 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.
12 I will strengthen them in Yahweh;
    and they will walk up and down in his name,” says Yahweh.

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From Judah will come the cornerstone,
    the tent peg,
the bow for battle,
    and all the rulers.
They will be like mighty warriors in battle,
    trampling their enemies in the mud under their feet.
Since the Lord is with them as they fight,
    they will overthrow even the enemy’s horsemen.

“I will strengthen Judah and save Israel[a];
    I will restore them because of my compassion.
It will be as though I had never rejected them,
    for I am the Lord their God, who will hear their cries.
The people of Israel[b] will become like mighty warriors,
    and their hearts will be made happy as if by wine.
Their children, too, will see it and be glad;
    their hearts will rejoice in the Lord.
When I whistle to them, they will come running,
    for I have redeemed them.
From the few who are left,
    they will grow as numerous as they were before.
Though I have scattered them like seeds among the nations,
    they will still remember me in distant lands.
They and their children will survive
    and return again to Israel.
10 I will bring them back from Egypt
    and gather them from Assyria.
I will resettle them in Gilead and Lebanon
    until there is no more room for them all.
11 They will pass safely through the sea of distress,[c]
    for the waves of the sea will be held back,
    and the waters of the Nile will dry up.
The pride of Assyria will be crushed,
    and the rule of Egypt will end.
12 By my power[d] I will make my people strong,
    and by my authority they will go wherever they wish.
    I, the Lord, have spoken!”

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Footnotes

  1. 10:6 Hebrew save the house of Joseph.
  2. 10:7 Hebrew of Ephraim.
  3. 10:11 Or the sea of Egypt, referring to the Red Sea.
  4. 10:12 Hebrew In the Lord.