<vn='1'><sn="7592">Ask</s> ye of the <sn="4480 3068">LORD</s><sn="4306">rain</s> in the <sn="6256">time</s> of the latter <sn="4456">rain</s>; so the <sn="3068">LORD</s> shall <sn="6213">make</s> bright <sn="2385">clouds</s>, and <sn="5414">give</s> them <sn="1653">showers</s> of <sn="4306">rain</s>, to every <sn="376">one</s><sn="6212">grass</s> in the <sn="7704">field</s>. </v>
<vn='2'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="8655">idols</s> have <sn="1696">spoken</s><sn="205">vanity</s>, and the <sn="7080">diviners</s> have <sn="2372">seen</s> a <sn="8267">lie</s>, and have <sn="1696">told</s><sn="7723">false</s><sn="2472">dreams</s>; they <sn="5162">comfort</s> in <sn="1892">vain</s>: <sn="5921 3651">therefore</s> they went their <sn="5265">way</s><sn="3644">as</s> a <sn="6629">flock</s>, they were <sn="6031">troubled</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> there was <sn="369">no</s><sn="7462">shepherd</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>Mine <sn="639">anger</s> was <sn="2734">kindled</s><sn="5921">against</s> the <sn="7462">shepherds</s>, and I <sn="6485 5921">punished</s> the <sn="6260">goats</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s> hath <sn="6485">visited</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="5739">flock</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and hath <sn="7760">made</s> them as his <sn="1935">goodly</s><sn="5483">horse</s> in the <sn="4421">battle</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>Out <sn="4480">of</s> him came <sn="3318">forth</s> the <sn="6438">corner</s>, out <sn="4480">of</s> him the <sn="3489">nail</s>, out <sn="4480">of</s> him the <sn="4421">battle</s><sn="7198">bow</s>, out <sn="4480">of</s> him <sn="3605">every</s><sn="5065">oppressor</s><sn="3162">together</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And they shall <sn="1961">be</s> as <sn="1368">mighty</s> men, which tread <sn="947">down</s> their enemies in the <sn="2916">mire</s> of the <sn="2351">streets</s> in the <sn="4421">battle</s>: and they shall <sn="3898">fight</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> is <sn="5973">with</s> them, and the <sn="7392">riders</s> on <sn="5483">horses</s> shall be <sn="954">confounded</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And I will <sn="1396">strengthen</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and I will <sn="3467">save</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3130">Joseph</s>, and I will bring them <sn="7725">again</s> to place them; <sn="3588">for</s> I have mercy <sn="7355">upon</s> them: and they shall <sn="1961">be</s> as <sn="834">though</s> I had <sn="3808">not</s> cast them <sn="2186">off</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="589">I</s> am the <sn="3068">LORD</s> their <sn="430">God</s>, and will <sn="6030">hear</s> them. </v>
<vn='7'>And they of <sn="669">Ephraim</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> like a <sn="1368">mighty</s> man, and their <sn="3820">heart</s> shall <sn="8055">rejoice</s> as <sn="3644">through</s><sn="3196">wine</s>: yea, their <sn="1121">children</s> shall <sn="7200">see</s> it, and be <sn="8055">glad</s>; their <sn="3820">heart</s> shall <sn="1523">rejoice</s> in the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>I will <sn="8319">hiss</s> for them, and <sn="6908">gather</s> them; <sn="3588">for</s> I have <sn="6299">redeemed</s> them: and they shall <sn="7235">increase</s><sn="3644">as</s> they have <sn="7235">increased</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And I will <sn="2232">sow</s> them among the <sn="5971">people</s>: and they shall <sn="2142">remember</s> me in far <sn="4801">countries</s>; and they shall <sn="2421">live</s><sn="854">with</s> their <sn="1121">children</s>, and turn <sn="7725">again</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>I will bring them <sn="7725">again</s> also out of the <sn="4480 776">land</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>, and <sn="6908">gather</s> them out of <sn="4480 804">Assyria</s>; and I will <sn="935">bring</s> them <sn="413">into</s> the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="1568">Gilead</s> and <sn="3844">Lebanon</s>; and place shall <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="4672">found</s> for them. </v>
<vn='11'>And he shall <sn="5674">pass</s> through the <sn="3220">sea</s> with <sn="6869">affliction</s>, and shall <sn="5221">smite</s> the <sn="1530">waves</s> in the <sn="3220">sea</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="4688">deeps</s> of the <sn="2975">river</s> shall dry <sn="3001">up</s>: and the <sn="1347">pride</s> of <sn="804">Assyria</s> shall be brought <sn="3381">down</s>, and the <sn="7626">scepter</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s> shall depart <sn="5493">away</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And I will <sn="1396">strengthen</s> them in the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; and they shall walk up and <sn="1980">down</s> in his <sn="8034">name</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>