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New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].

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   1   Ask of the Lord rain in the autumn, ^note
  ask him for rain in the spring,
  the Lord who makes the storm-clouds,
  and he will give you ^note showers of rain
  and to every man grass in his field;
   2   for the household gods ^note make mischievous promises;
  diviners see false signs,
  they tell lying dreams ^note
    and talk raving nonsense.
  Men wander about like sheep
  in distress for lack of a shepherd.
   3   My anger is turned against the shepherds,
    and I will visit with punishment the leaders of the flock; ^note
  but the Lord of Hosts will visit his flock,
    the house of Judah,
and make them his royal war-horses.
   4   They shall be corner-stone and tent-peg,
  they shall be the bow ready for battle,
  and from them shall come every commander.
   5   Together they shall be like warriors
  who tramp the muddy ways in battle,
  and they will fight because the Lord is with them;
  they will put horsemen shamefully to rout.
   6   And I will give strength to the house of Judah
  and grant victory to ^note the house of Joseph;
  I will restore them, for I have pitied them,
  and they shall be as though I had never cast them off;
for I am the Lord their God and I will answer them.
   7   So Ephraim shall be like warriors,
  glad like men cheerful with wine,
  and their sons shall see and be glad;
  so let their hearts exult in the Lord.
8   I will whistle to call them in, for I have redeemed them;
  and they shall be as many as once they were.

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Judah's triumph over her enemies
     9   If I disperse them ^note among the nations,
    in far-off lands they will remember me
    and will rear their sons and then return.
   10   Then will I fetch them home from Egypt
    and gather them in from Assyria;
    I will lead them into Gilead and Lebanon
    until there is no more room for them.
   11   Dire distress ^note shall come upon the Euphrates ^note
  and shall beat down its turbulent waters;
  all the depths of the Nile shall run dry.
  The pride of Assyria shall be brought down,
  and the sceptre of Egypt shall pass away;
     12   but Israel's strength shall be in the Lord,
    and they shall march proudly in his name.
    This is the very word of the Lord.

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New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].