Zechariah:10-11
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Ask of Jehovah rain in the time of the latter rain ;
Jehovah will make lightnings ,
and he will give them showers of rain ,
to every one grass in the field .
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For the teraphim have spoken vanity ,
and the diviners have seen a lie ,
and have told false dreams :
they comfort in vain .
Therefore they have gone away as a flock ,
they are in distress ,
because there is no shepherd .
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Mine anger is kindled against the shepherds ,
and I will punish the he-goats ;
for Jehovah of hosts visiteth his flock ,
the house of Judah ,
and maketh them as his majestic horse in the battle .
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From him shall come forth the corner-stone ,
from him the nail ,
from him the battle bow ,
from him every exactor together .
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And they shall be as mighty men ,
treading down the mire of the streets in the battle ;
and they shall fight ,
for Jehovah is with them ,
and the riders on horses shall be put to shame .
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And I will strengthen the house of Judah ,
and I will save the house of Joseph ,
and I will bring them back again ;
for I will have mercy upon them ;
and they shall be as though I had not cast them off :
for I am Jehovah their God ,
and I will answer them .
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And [
they of ]
Ephraim shall be like a mighty man ,
and their hearts shall rejoice as through wine ;
and their children shall see [
it ],
and rejoice ;
their heart shall be joyful in Jehovah .
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I will hiss for them ,
and gather them ;
for I have redeemed them :
and they shall multiply as they used to multiply .
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And I will sow them among the peoples ,
and they shall remember me in far countries ;
and they shall live with their children and return .
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And I will bring them again 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 .
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And he shall pass through the sea of affliction ,
and shall smite the billows in the sea ,
and all the depths of the Nile shall dry up ;
and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down ,
and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away .
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And I will strengthen them in Jehovah ;
and they shall walk in his name ,
saith Jehovah .
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Open thy doors ,
O Lebanon ,
that the fire may devour thy cedars .
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Howl ,
cypress ,
for the cedar is fallen ;
because the noble ones are spoiled .
Howl ,
ye oaks of Bashan ;
for the strong forest is come down .
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A voice of howling of the shepherds ;
for their glory is spoiled :
a voice of roaring of young lions ;
for the pride of Jordan is spoiled .
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Thus saith Jehovah my God :
Feed the flock of slaughter ,
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whose possessors slay them without being held guilty ;
and they that sell them say ,
Blessed be Jehovah !
for I am become rich ;
and their own shepherds pity them not .
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For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land ,
saith Jehovah ,
and behold ,
I will deliver men ,
every one into his neighbour '
s hand ,
and into the hand of his king ;
and they shall smite the land ,
and I will not deliver out of their hand .
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So I fed the flock of slaughter ,
truly the poor of the flock .
And I took unto me two staves ;
the one I called Beauty ,
and the other I called Bands ;
and I fed the flock .
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And I destroyed three shepherds in one month ;
and my soul was vexed with them ,
and their soul also loathed me .
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And I said ,
I will not feed you :
that which dieth ,
let it die ;
and that which perisheth let it perish ;
and let them which are left eat every one the flesh of another .
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And I took my staff ,
Beauty ,
and cut it asunder ,
that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the peoples .
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And it was broken in that day ;
and so the poor of the flock that gave heed to me knew that it was the word of Jehovah .
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And I said unto them ,
If ye think good ,
give [
me ]
my hire ;
and if not ,
forbear .
And they weighed for my hire thirty silver-pieces .
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And Jehovah said unto me ,
Cast it unto the potter :
a goodly price that I was prized at by them .
And I took the thirty silver-pieces ,
and cast them to the potter in the house of Jehovah .
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And I cut asunder mine other staff ,
Bands ,
to break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel .
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And Jehovah said unto me ,
Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd .
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For behold ,
I will raise up a shepherd in the land ,
who shall not visit those that are about to perish ,
neither shall seek that which is strayed away ,
nor heal that which is wounded ,
nor feed that which is sound ;
but he will eat the flesh of the fat ,
and tear their hoofs in pieces .
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Woe to the worthless shepherd that leaveth the flock !
The sword shall be upon his arm ,
and upon his right eye ;
his arm shall be clean dried up ,
and his right eye utterly darkened .
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The burden of the word of Jehovah concerning Israel . [
Thus ]
saith Jehovah ,
who stretcheth out the heavens ,
and layeth the foundation of the earth ,
and formeth the spirit of man within him :