Ask for rain from the Lord at the season, early rain and late rain; the Lord has made the apparitions, and he will give them winter rain, to each one grass in the field.
For the speakers spoke troubles, and the diviners spoke false visions, and the dreams spoke lies, they spoke vain things; therefore they were lifted away like sheep and were afflicted, because there was no healing.
My anger was provoked against the shepherds, and I will visit upon the lambs; and the Lord God the Almighty will visit his flock, the house of Judah, and he will set them in order as his splendid horse in war.
And they shall be as fighters, treading mud in the roads in war, and they shall set themselves in array, because the Lord is with them, and the riders of horses shall be put to shame
And I will strengthen the house of Judah and I will save the house of Joseph and I will settle them, because I have loved them, and they shall be as though I had not rejected them, because I am the Lord their God, and I will listen to them
And they shall be as fighters of Ephraim, and their heart shall rejoice as in wine, and their children shall see and shall be glad, and their heart shall rejoice in the Lord
And I will bring them back from the land of Egypt, and from the Assyrians I will receive them, and into Gilead and into Lebanon I will bring them, and not one of them shall be left behind.
And they shall pass through the narrow sea, and they shall strike the waves in the sea, and all the depths of the rivers shall be dried up, and all the pride of the Assyrians shall be taken away, and the scepter of Egypt shall be removed.