1 Ask of our Lord rain in the lateward time, and our Lord will make snows, and will give them rain of showers, to every one grass in the field.
1 Ask ye of the Lord rain in the latter season, and the Lord will make snows, and will give them showers of rain, to everyone grass in the field.
2 Because the idols spake that which was unprofitable, and the diviners saw a lie, & the dreamers spake in vain: they comforted vainly: therefore are they led away as a flock: they shall be afflicted, because they have no Pastor.
2 For the idols have spoken what was unprofitable, and the diviners have seen a lie, and the dreamers have spoken vanity: they comforted in vain: therefore they were led away as a flock: they shall be afflicted, because they have no shepherd.
3 Upon the Pastors my fury is wrath, and upon the buckgoats I will visit: because the Lord of hosts hath visited his flock, the house of Juda, and hath made them as the horse of his glory in the battle.
3 My wrath is kindled against the shepherds, and I will visit upon the buck goats: for the Lord of hosts hath visited his flock, the house of Juda, and hath made them as the horse of his glory in the battle.
4 Of him the corner, of him the pin, of him the bow of battle, of him shall come forth every exactor together.
4 Out of him shall come forth the corner, out of him the pin, out of him the bow of battle, out of him every exacter together.
5 And they shall be as valiants, treading the mire of the ways in battle: and they shall fight, because our Lord is with them: and the riders of horses shall be confounded.
5 And they shall be as mighty men, treading under foot the mire of the ways in battle: and they shall fight, because the Lord is with them, and the riders of horses shall be confounded.
6 And I will strengthen the house of Juda, and the house of Joseph I will save: and I will convert them, because I will have mercy on them: and they shall be as they were when I had not cast them off, for I am the Lord their God, and will hear them.
6 And I will strengthen the house of Juda, and save the house of Joseph: and I will bring them back again, because I will have mercy on them: and they shall be as they were when I had not cast them off, for I am the Lord their God, and will hear them.
7 And they shall be as the valiants of Ephraim, & their heart shall rejoice as it were of wine: and their children shall see, and shall rejoice, & their heart shall be joyful in our Lord.
7 And they shall be as the valiant men of Ephraim, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: and their children shall see, and shall rejoice, and their heart shall be joyful in the Lord.
8 I will hiss to them, and will gather them together, because I have redeemed them: and I will multiply them as they were multiplied before.
8 I will whistle for them, and I will gather them together, because I have redeemed them: and I will multiply them as they were multiplied before.
9 And I will sow them among peoples, & from a far they shall remember me: & they shall live with their children, and shall return.
9 And I will sow them among peoples: and from afar they shall remember me: and they shall live with their children, and shall return.
10 And I will bring them back out of the Land of Ægypt, and out of the Assyrians I will gather them: and to the Land of Galaad & Libanus I will bring them, and there shall not be found place for them.
10 And I will bring them back out of the land of Egypt, and I will gather them from among the Assyrians: and will bring them to the land of Galaad, and Libanus, and place shall not be found for them.
11 And he shall pass over in the strait of the sea, and shall strike the waves in the sea, & all the depths of the river shall be confounded, & the pride of Assur shall be humbled, and the sceptre of Ægypt shall depart.
11 And he shall pass over the strait of the sea, and shall strike the waves in the sea, and all the depths of the river shall be confounded, ¹and the pride of Assyria shall be humbled, and the scepter of Egypt shall depart.
12 I will strengthen them in the Lord, and in his name they shall walk, saith our Lord.
12 I will strengthen them in the Lord, and they shall walk in his name, saith the Lord.