1Ask ye of the Lord rain in the time of the latter rain; so the Lord shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.[ † ]Jeremiah 14:22Deuteronomy 11:13-14Joel 2:23 2For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because there was no shepherd.[ † ]Jeremiah 10:8Jeremiah 27:9Ezekiel 13Job 13:4Jeremiah 50:6-17Ezekiel 34:5-8Matthew 9:36Mark 6:34
3Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the Lord of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.[ † ]Jeremiah 25:34-36Ezekiel 34:2Zechariah 11:17Ezekiel 34:17Luke 1:68Song of Solomon 1:9 4Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.[ † ]Isaiah 28:16Isaiah 22:23
5And 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 the riders on horses shall be confounded.[ † ]Psalms 18:42
6And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I 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.[ † ]Jeremiah 3:18Ezekiel 37:21Hosea 1:7Zechariah 1:16Zechariah 13:9 7And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man , and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see it , and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the Lord .[ † ]Psalms 104:15
8I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.[ † ]Isaiah 5:26Isaiah 49:19Ezekiel 36:37Zechariah 2:4 9And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.[ † ]Hosea 2:23Deuteronomy 30:1 10I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and place shall not be found for them.[ † ]Isaiah 11:11Hosea 11:11Isaiah 49:19-20
11And he 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 pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.[ † ]Isaiah 11:15Isaiah 14:25Zephaniah 2:13Ezekiel 30:13 12And I will strengthen them in the Lord ; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the Lord .[ † ]Micah 4:5