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耶和華應許解救

  1春雨的季節，你們要向耶和華求雨。
  耶和華發出雷電，
  為眾人降下大雨，
  把田園的菜蔬賜給人。
   2因為家中神像所言的是虛空，
  占卜者所見的是虛假，
  他們講說假夢，
  徒然安慰人。
  所以眾人如羊流離，
  因無牧人就受欺壓。

   3我的怒氣向牧人發作，
  我必懲罰那為首的⚓；
  萬軍之耶和華眷顧他的羊羣，
  就是猶大家，
  必使他們如戰場上的駿馬。
   4房角石從他而出，
  橛子從他而出，
  戰爭的弓也從他而出，
  每一個掌權的都從他而出。
   5他們必如戰場上的勇士，
  踐踏仇敵如街上的泥土。
  他們必爭戰，因為耶和華與他們同在，
  他們必使騎馬的羞愧。

   6我要堅固猶大家，
  拯救約瑟家，
  我要領他們歸回，因我憐憫他們，
  他們必像我未曾棄絕他們一樣；
  都因我是耶和華－他們的上帝，
  我必應允他們。
   7以法蓮人必如勇士，
  他們心中暢快如同喝酒；
  他們的兒女看見就歡喜，
  他們的心必因耶和華喜樂。

   8我要呼叫，聚集他們，
  因我已經救贖他們。
  他們的人數必增添，
  如從前增添一樣。
   9我要將他們分散在列國中，
  他們必在遠方記得我；
  他們與兒女都必存活，
  他們要歸回。
   10我必使他們從埃及地歸回，
  從亞述召集他們，
  領他們到基列地和黎巴嫩；
  這些還不夠他們居住。
   11耶和華⚓必經過苦海，擊打海浪。
  尼羅河的深處全都枯乾，
  亞述的驕傲必降卑，
  埃及的權杖必除去。
   12我要使他們倚靠耶和華，得以堅固，
  他們必奉他的名而行⚓；
  這是耶和華說的。

10

Restoration of Judah and Israel

  1Ask ⚓the Lord for ⚓rain
   In ⚓the time of the latter rain.
   The Lord will make flashing clouds;
   He will give them showers of rain,
   Grass in the field for everyone.
   2For the ⚓idols speak delusion;
   The diviners envision ⚓lies,
   And tell false dreams;
   They ⚓comfort in vain.
   Therefore the people wend their way like ⚓sheep;
   They are in trouble ⚓because there is no shepherd.
   3“My anger is kindled against the ⚓shepherds,
   ⚓And I will punish the goatherds.
   For the Lord of hosts ⚓will visit His flock,
   The house of Judah,
   And ⚓will make them as His royal horse in the battle.
    4From him comes ⚓the cornerstone,
   From him ⚓the tent peg,
   From him the battle bow,
   From him every ruler together.
    5They shall be like mighty men,
   Who ⚓tread down their enemies
   In the mire of the streets in the battle.
   They shall fight because the Lord is with them,
   And the riders on horses shall be put to shame.
   6“I will strengthen the house of Judah,
   And I will save the house of Joseph.
   ⚓I will bring them back,
   Because I ⚓have mercy on them.
   They shall be as though I had not cast them aside;
   For I am the Lord their God,
   And I ⚓will hear them.
    7Those of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man,
   And their ⚓heart shall rejoice as if with wine.
   Yes, their children shall see it and be glad;
   Their heart shall rejoice in the Lord.
    8I will ⚓whistle for them and gather them,
   For I will redeem them;
   ⚓And they shall increase as they once increased.
   9“I⚓ will sow them among the peoples,
   And they shall ⚓remember Me in far countries;
   They shall live, together with their children,
   And they shall return.
    10⚓I will also bring them back from the land of Egypt,
   And gather them from Assyria.
   I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon,
   ⚓Until no more room is found for them.
    11⚓He shall pass through the sea with affliction,
   And strike the waves of the sea:
   All the depths of the River shall dry up.
   Then ⚓the pride of Assyria shall be brought down,
   And ⚓the scepter of Egypt shall depart.
   12“So I will strengthen them in the Lord,
   And ⚓they shall walk up and down in His name,”
   Says the Lord.