1God is to be sought unto, and not idols. 3As he visited his flock for sin, so will he save and restore them.
1ASK aye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make 1bright clouds, and bgive them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
1Or, lightnings, Je. 10.13. Ps. 18.14.
a Eze. 36.37. Mat. 7.7. Je. 14.22. ch. 9.17. Joel 2.23. Job 29.23. Pr. 16.15. b De. 11.14; 28.12. Job 5.10. Je. 14.22. Eze. 34.26. Joel 2.23. Ps. 65.9-13; 104.13-15; 85.12.
2For the 2idols have spoken vanity, and the *diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; cthey comfort in vain: therefore dthey went their way as a flock, they 3were troubled, ebecause there was no shepherd.
2Heb. teraphims, Ju. 17.5. Ho. 3.4. Ge. 31.19. Je. 10.8. Hab. 2.18. Je. 23.25,26,27. Eze. 13.2-9.
*diviners-predictors using magic etc.
3Or, answered that.
c Job 13.4. d Je. 50.17,34; 52. Eze. 34.5. La. 4.20. Je. 13.17. e Mat. 9.36.
3fMine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I 4punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts ghath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse hin the battle.
4Heb. visited upon. Is. 14.9.
f Is. 56.9-11. Je. 23.1,2. Eze. 34.2,7,10,17. 2Ki. 24; 25. 2Ch. 36. Je. 39; 52. g Ezr. 1; 8. Ca. 1.9. ch. 9.13-16. Da. 11.32,34. Ep. 6.10. h Pr. 21.31. Is 31.1,2.
4iOut of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.
i ch. 9.13-16. Nu. 24.17,19. Is. 19.13; 22.23,25. Ezr. 9.8. ch. 12.3,6. v.5. Ps. 118.22.
5ΒΆjAnd they shall be as mighty men , which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and 5the riders on horses shall be confounded.
5Or, they shall make the riders on horses ashamed, ch. 12.4; 14.12,13.
j Mal. 4.3. Da. 11.32. Is. 41.15,16. Mi. 4.13; 5.8; 7.10. ch. 9.13-16; 12.2-8; 14.3,12-15. Ge. 49.24. Ps. 18.41. Ro. 8.31.
6And kI will strengthen the house of Judah, and lI will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for mI have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.
k Na. 1.7. Is. 41.10; 42.10,13. Ps. 89.21,22. l Ho. 1.7,11; 3.5. ch. 8.7,8. Je. 3.18; 23.8. Eze. 37.16-22. v.10. m Is. 54.7-10. Je. 31.20. Ho. 1.10; 2.19,20; 3.5; 6.1,2; 14.4-8. Am. 9.11-15. Joel 3.16-21. Mi. 7.12-20. Zep. 3.14-20. Eze. 39.25-29; 34; 36; 37. Je. 30; 31; 33. Is. 35; 60-62.
7And they of Ephraim shall be nlike a mighty man , and otheir heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it , and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.
n v.3-6. ch. 9.15,17. Ep. 5.18,19. Phi. 4.4. Ps. 149.2,6. Hab. 3.18. o Ps. 104.15.
8pI will hiss for them, and gather them; for qI have redeemed them: and they shall rincrease as they have increased.
p Is. 5.26; 7.18; 11.11; 27.12,13. v.10. Mat. 11.28. Re. 22.17. q Is. 44.22. ch. 9.11,16. r Je. 33.22. Eze. 36.10,11,38. Ho. 1.10. Is. 49.17-23, as Ex. 1.7. 1Ki. 4.20.
9And I will ssow them among the people: and they shall tremember me in far countries; and uthey shall live with their children, and turn again.
s Ro. 11.11-15. Je. 31.27. Ho. 2.23. t De. 30.1-4. Je. 30.10,11. Eze. 11.16; 28.25; 34.13. u Am. 9.9,14. Is. 65.23. Eze. 28.25.
10vI will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the wland of Gilead and Lebanon; and xplace shall not be found for them.
v ch. 8.7. Is. 11.11,12,15,16; 19.23-25. Ps. 68.22. Je. 16.15. Ho. 11.11. Mi. 7.12. Is. 27.13. Ro. 11.25-27. w Mi. 7.14. Ob. 19. Eze. 47.13-21; 48. x Is. 49.19-21; 54.2,3; 60.22.
11And yhe shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the zpride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the asceptre of Egypt shall depart away.
y Is. 11.15,16. Re. 16.12. Is. 40.3,4; 42.16; 49.11. Ps. 66.6,12; 74.15; 78.13. z Mi. 5.5,6. Da. 8.5-7; 7.7; 2.40,44. a Is. 19.1-17. Eze. 30.13; 29.14-16; 30. Je. 46.
12And bI will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall cwalk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.
b ch. 12.5. Is. 45.24. Ep. 6.10. Phi. 4.13. 2Ti. 2.1. Jn. 15.5. 2Co. 12.9. c Mi. 4.5. Col. 2.6; 3.17. 1Pe. 4.11. 1Co. 10.31. Ge. 5.24; 6.9; 17.1. Lu. 1.6. Ac. 24.16. 2Co. 1.12. 1Th. 2.10. 1Jn. 1.3,7.