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\c 10
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\v 1 Ask Yahweh to cause rain to fall in the springtime,
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because he is the one who makes the clouds from which the rain falls in storms.
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He causes showers to fall on us,
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and he causes crops to grow well in the fields.
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\v 2 What people think that the idols in their houses say is only nonsense,
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and people who say that they can interpret dreams tell only lies.
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When they tell people things to comfort them, what they say is useless,
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so the people who consult them are like lost sheep;
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they are in danger because they have no one to protect them
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like sheep with no shepherd.
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\s5
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\v 3 Yahweh says, "I am angry with the leaders of my people,
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and I will punish them.
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I, Yahweh, the Commander of the angel armies, will take care of my people, the people of Judah,
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like a shepherd takes care of his flock,
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and I will cause them to be like war horses in battle.
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\v 4 From Judah will come rulers who will be very important.
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From Judah will come leaders who will hold the people together, like a tent peg keeps a tent up.
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From Judah will come leaders who will take the soldiers into war, like a king holding his own bow for battle.
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From them will come every one of their own leaders.
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\v 5 They will all be like mighty warriors
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who trample their enemies into the mud during battle.
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I, Yahweh, will be with them,
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so they will defeat and shame their enemies who ride on horses.
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\v 6 I will make the people of Judah strong,
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and I will rescue the people of Israel.
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I will bring them back from the countries to which they were exiled;
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I will do that because I pity them.
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Then it will be as though I had never abandoned them
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because I am Yahweh, their God,
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and I will answer them when they pray for help.
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\v 7 The people of Israel will then be like strong soldiers;
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they will be as happy as people who have drunk a lot of wine.
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Their children will see their fathers being very happy,
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and they also will be happy because of what I have done for them.
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\v 8 I will signal for my people to return from far away,
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and I will gather them together in their own country.
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I will rescue them,
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and they will become very numerous as they were previously.
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\v 9 I have caused them to be scattered among many people groups,
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but in those distant countries they will think about me again.
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They and their children will remain alive and return to Judah.
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\v 10 I will bring them back from Egypt and from Assyria;
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I will bring them back to the regions of Gilead and Lebanon,
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but there not be enough space for them all to live there.
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\v 11 I will go before them through their sufferings, as if I were walking through a sea,
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but I will calm those waves and end their sufferings, as if I were drying up the Nile River.
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I will defeat the proud soldiers of Assyria,
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and I will cause Egypt to no longer be powerful.
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\v 12 I will enable my people to be strong,
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and they will honor me and obey me.
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That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it."
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