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Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain ;
so the LORD shall make bright clouds ,
and give them showers of rain ,
to every one grass in the field .
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For the idols have spoken vanity ,
and the diviners have seen a lie ,
and have told false dreams ;
they comfort in vain :
therefore they went their way as a flock ,
they were troubled ,
because there was no shepherd .
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Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds ,
and I punished the goats :
for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah ,
and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle .
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Out of him came forth the corner ,
out of him the nail ,
out of him the battle bow ,
out of him every oppressor together .
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And they shall be as mighty men ,
which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle :
and they shall fight ,
because the LORD is with them ,
and the riders on horses shall be confounded .
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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 again to place them ;
for I have mercy upon them :
and they shall be as though I had not cast them off :
for I am the LORD their God ,
and will hear them .
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And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man ,
and their heart shall rejoice as through wine :
yea ,
their children shall see it ,
and be glad ;
their heart shall rejoice in the LORD .
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I will hiss for them ,
and gather them ;
for I have redeemed them :
and they shall increase as they have increased .
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And I will sow them among the people :
and they shall remember me in far countries ;
and they shall live with their children ,
and turn again .
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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 place shall not be found for them .
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And he shall pass through the sea with affliction ,
and shall smite the waves in the sea ,
and all the deeps of the river 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 the LORD ;
and they shall walk up and down in his name ,
saith the LORD .
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Open thy doors ,
O Lebanon ,
that the fire may devour thy cedars .
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Howl ,
fir tree ;
for the cedar is fallen ;
because the mighty are spoiled :
howl ,
O ye oaks of Bashan ;
for the forest of the vintage is come down .
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There is a voice of the howling of the shepherds ;
for their glory is spoiled :
a voice of the roaring of young lions ;
for the pride of Jordan is spoiled .
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Thus saith the LORD my God ;
Feed the flock of the slaughter ;
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Whose possessors slay them ,
and hold themselves not guilty :
and they that sell them say ,
Blessed be the LORD ;
for I am rich :
and their own shepherds pity them not .
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For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land ,
saith the LORD :
but ,
lo ,
I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour '
s hand ,
and into the hand of his king :
and they shall smite the land ,
and out of their hand I will not deliver them .
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And I will feed the flock of slaughter ,
even you ,
O 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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Three shepherds also I cut off in one month ;
and my soul lothed them ,
and their soul also abhorred me .
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Then said I ,
I will not feed you :
that that dieth ,
let it die ;
and that that is to be cut off ,
let it be cut off ;
and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another .
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And I took my staff ,
even Beauty ,
and cut it asunder ,
that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people .
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And it was broken in that day :
and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the LORD .
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And I said unto them ,
If ye think good ,
give me my price ;
and if not ,
forbear .
So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver .
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And the LORD said unto me ,
Cast it unto the potter :
a goodly price that I was prised at of them .
And I took the thirty pieces of silver ,
and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORD .
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Then I cut asunder mine other staff ,
even Bands ,
that I might break the brotherhood between Judah and Israel .
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And the LORD said unto me ,
Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd .
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For ,
lo ,
I will raise up a shepherd in the land ,
which shall not visit those that be cut off ,
neither shall seek the young one ,
nor heal that that is broken ,
nor feed that that standeth still :
but he shall eat the flesh of the fat ,
and tear their claws in pieces .
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Woe to the idol 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 shall be utterly darkened .
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The burden of the word of the LORD for Israel ,
saith the LORD ,
which stretcheth forth the heavens ,
and layeth the foundation of the earth ,
and formeth the spirit of man within him .