God Will Bless Judah and Ephraim
Ask for arain from the LORD at the time of the spring rain—The LORD who bmakes the 1storm winds;And He will give them cshowers of rain, vegetation in the field to each person.Or thunderboltsJoel 2:23Jer 10:13Is 30:23
2 For the 1ahousehold idols speak deception,And the bdiviners see 2an illusionAnd tell cdeceitful dreams;They comfort in vain.Therefore the people 3wander like dsheep,They are wretched because there is no shepherd.Heb teraphimLit a lieLit journeyEzek 21:21; Hos 3:4Jer 27:9Jer 23:32Ezek 34:5, 8; Matt 9:36; Mark 6:343 “My aanger is kindled against the shepherds,And I will punish the 1male goats;For the LORD of armies has bvisited His flock, the house of Judah,And will make them like His majestic horse in battle.I.e., leadersJer 25:34-36Ezek 34:124 “From 1them will come the acornerstone,From 2them the tent peg,From 3them the bow of bbattle,From 4them every tyrant, all of them together.Lit himLuke 20:17; Eph 2:20; 1 Pet 2:6Jer 51:20; Zech 9:105 “And they will be like warriors,aTrampling down the enemy in the mud of the streets in battle;And they will fight, because the LORD will be with them;And the briders on horses will be put to shame.2 Sam 22:43Amos 2:15; Hag 2:226 “And I will astrengthen the house of Judah,And I will bsave the house of Joseph,And I will 1cbring them back,Because I have had dcompassion on them;And they will be as though I had enot rejected them,For I am the LORD their God and I will fanswer them.Another reading is have them dwellZech 10:12Zech 8:7; 9:16Zech 8:8Is 54:8; Zech 1:16Is 54:4Zech 13:97 “Ephraim will be like a warrior,And their heart will be joyful as if from wine;Indeed, their achildren will see it and be joyful,1Their heart will rejoice in the LORD.Or Let their heart rejoiceIs 54:13; Ezek 37:258 “I will awhistle for them and gather them together,For I have redeemed them;And they will be as bnumerous as they 1cwere before.Lit were numerousIs 5:26; 7:18, 19Jer 33:22; Rev 7:9Jer 30:20; Ezek 36:119 “When I 1scatter them among the peoples,They will aremember Me in distant countries,And they with their children will live and come back.Lit sow1 Kin 8:47, 48; Ezek 6:910 “I will abring them back from the land of EgyptAnd gather them from Assyria;And I will bring them into the land of bGilead and Lebanon1Until cno room can be found for them.Lit AndIs 11:11Jer 50:19Is 49:19, 2011 “And they will pass through the asea of distressAnd He will strike the waves in the sea,So that all the depths of the bNile will dry up;And the pride of cAssyria will be brought down,And the scepter of dEgypt will depart.Is 51:9, 10Is 19:5-7Zeph 2:13Ezek 30:1312 “And I will astrengthen them in the LORD,And in His name bthey will walk,” declares the LORD.Zech 10:6Mic 4:5