1Ask ye of Jehovah rain in the time of the latter rain! It is Jehovah that maketh the lightning; And he will give you abundant showers, To every one the herb of the field.

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

2For the teraphim speak falsehood, And the diviners see a lie, And the dreams speak falsehood; Vain are their consolations. Therefore they wander as a flock; They are in distress, 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 the bucks will I punish; For Jehovah of hosts will visit his flock, the house of Judah, And make them as his goodly horse in battle.

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

4From him shall come forth the corner-stone, From him the nail, From him the battle-bow; From him shall every leader come forth.

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

5And they shall be as mighty men, Who tread down their enemies in battle as the mire of the streets, And they shall fight, because Jehovah is with them, So that the riders on horses shall be confounded.

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

6And I will strengthen the house of Judah, And give victory to the house of Joseph, And I will set them in their dwellings, because I have compassion upon them; And they shall be as though I had not cast them off; For I am Jehovah, 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

7And Ephraim shall be as a mighty man, And their heart shall rejoice, as through wine; And their sons shall see it and rejoice, Their hearts shall rejoice in Jehovah.

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

8I will whistle for them, and will gather them; for I have redeemed them; And they shall increase as they increased before.

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

9Though I scatter them among the nations, Yet in far countries will they remember me; And they shall live with their children, and shall return.

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

10And I will bring them back from the land of Egypt, And from Assyria will I gather them; And I will bring them into the land of Gilead and of Lebanon, And there shall not be room enough for them.

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

11And he shall pass through the sea of distress, And he shall smite the sea of waves, And all the depths of the river shall be dried up; And the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, And the sceptre of Egypt shall depart.

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

12And I will strengthen them through Jehovah, And in his name shall they walk, saith Jehovah.

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