1Ask of the Lord rain in the spring time, The Lord who makes storm clouds, and he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field.

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Matthew 7:7, Matthew 7:8, Isaiah 44:3, James 5:16, James 5:18

2For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie; and they have told false dreams. They comfort in vain. Therefore they go their way like sheep. They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd.

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Matthew 9:36, Matthew 9:36, Hosea 3:4, Jeremiah 27:9, Genesis 31:19

3My anger is kindled against the shepherds, and I will punish the male goats; For the Lord of hosts has visited his flock, the house of Judah, and will make them as his majestic horse in the battle.

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Ezekiel 34:7, Ezekiel 34:10, Ezekiel 34:2, Ezekiel 34:7, Ezekiel 34:10

4From him will come forth the cornerstone, from him the nail, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler together.

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Zechariah 9:10, Zechariah 9:10, Zechariah 9:8, Numbers 24:17, Zechariah 9:8

5They shall be as mighty men, treading down muddy streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because the Lord is with them; and the riders on horses will be confounded.

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Haggai 2:22, Haggai 2:22, Zechariah 9:13, Zechariah 12:8, Psalms 20:7

6"I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them back; for I have mercy on them; and they will be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the Lord their God, and I will hear them.

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Zechariah 10:12, Zechariah 13:9, Zechariah 10:12, Zechariah 13:9, Jeremiah 3:18

7Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their heart will rejoice as through wine; yes, their children will see it, and rejoice. Their heart will be glad in the Lord.

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Zechariah 9:15, Zechariah 9:15, Ephesians 5:18, Ephesians 5:19, John 16:22

8I will signal for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them; and they will increase as they have increased.

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Isaiah 5:26, Isaiah 5:26, Isaiah 7:18, Isaiah 7:18, Jeremiah 33:22

9I will sow them among the peoples; and they will remember me in far countries; and they will live with their children, and will return.

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Ezekiel 6:9, Ezekiel 6:9, Jeremiah 31:27, Isaiah 65:23, Esther 8:17

10I 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 there won't be room enough for them.

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Hosea 11:11, Hosea 11:11, Micah 7:14, Zechariah 8:7, Micah 7:14

11He will pass through the sea of affliction, and will strike the waves in the sea, and all the depths of the Nile will dry up; and the pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.

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Ezekiel 30:13, Ezekiel 30:13, Isaiah 43:2, Micah 5:5, Micah 5:6

12I will strengthen them in the Lord; and they will walk up and down in his name," says the Lord.

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Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 41:10, Isaiah 2:5, Zechariah 10:6, Isaiah 2:5