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)

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Restoration of Judah and Israel

10 Ask rain from the Lord
    in the season of the spring rain,
from the Lord who makes the storm clouds,
    who gives showers of rain to you,[a]
    the vegetation in the field to everyone.(A)
For the teraphim[b] utter nonsense,
    and the diviners see lies;
the dreamers tell false dreams
    and give empty consolation.
Therefore the people[c] wander like sheep;
    they suffer for lack of a shepherd.(B)

My anger is hot against the shepherds,
    and I will punish the leaders,[d]
for the Lord of hosts cares for his flock, the house of Judah,
    and will make them like his proud war horse.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 10.1 Heb them
  2. 10.2 Or household gods
  3. 10.2 Heb they
  4. 10.3 Or male goats