Zechariah 10

Ask the LORD for rain in the season of the late rain—the LORD who makes lightning.
He gives them showers of rain, and everyone vegetation in the field. For the household idols speak deceit, the diviners see lies, and they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort.
Therefore they wander like sheep and suffer because there is no shepherd. “My anger burns 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 like his majestic horse in battle. From him will come the cornerstone, from him the peg, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler together. They will be like warriors trampling the mud of the streets in battle.
They will fight because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses will be put to shame. I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph.
I will restore them because I have compassion on them.
They will be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them. Ephraim will be like a warrior, and their hearts will rejoice as if from wine.
Their children will see and be glad;
their hearts will rejoice in the LORD. I will whistle for them and gather them, for I have redeemed them.
They will be as numerous as they were before. I will sow them among the peoples, and in distant lands they will remember me.
They will live with their children and return. I will bring them back from the land of Egypt and gather them from Assyria.
I will bring them to the land of Gilead and Lebanon, until there is no room for them. He will pass through the sea of distress and strike the waves of the sea.
All the depths of the Nile will dry up.
The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart. I will strengthen them in the LORD, and they will walk in his name,” declares the LORD.

Rights and attribution