Judah and Israel Will Be Restored
Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; Jas 5:16-18Isa 44:3Mat 7:7-8Deu 28:23Jas 5:7Jhn 16:23Psa 65:9Ezk 36:37
the LORD makes the storm clouds,
and He will give everyone showers of rain
and crops in the field.
For idols speak deceit Mat 9:36Jer 27:9Ezk 34:5Gen 31:19Ezk 34:8Hab 2:18Hos 3:41Ki 22:17
and diviners see illusions;
they tell false dreams
and offer empty comfort.
Therefore the people wander like sheep,
oppressed for lack of a shepherd.
“My anger burns against the shepherds, Ezk 34:7-10Ezk 34:2Ezk 34:16-17Ezk 34:20-21Jer 23:1-2Jer 25:34Zec 11:17Zep 2:7
and I will punish the leaders. 1
For the LORD of Hosts attends to His flock,
the house of Judah;
He will make them
like His royal steed in battle.
The cornerstone will come from Judah, Zec 9:10Ezr 9:8Num 24:17Rev 19:13-15Zec 9:81Sa 14:382Co 10:4-52Ti 2:4
the tent peg from him,
as well as the battle bow
and every ruler together.
They will be like mighty men in battle, Hag 2:22Psa 20:7Rom 8:31-37Zec 12:8Zec 9:131Sa 16:182Co 10:42Sa 22:43
trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets.
They will fight because the LORD is with them,
and they will put the horsemen to shame.
I will strengthen the house of Judah Zec 10:12Zec 13:9Zep 3:19-20Jer 3:18Isa 41:10Ezk 36:37Hos 1:11Zec 8:11
and save the house of Joseph.
I will restore them because I have compassion on them,
and they will be as though I had not rejected them.
For I am the LORD their God,
and I will answer them.
Ephraim will be like a mighty man, Zec 9:151Pe 1:8Luk 1:47Php 4:41Sa 2:1Act 2:13-18Act 2:26Gen 18:19
and their hearts will be glad as with wine.
Their children will see it and be joyful;
their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.
I will whistle for them to gather, Isa 5:26Isa 7:18Jer 33:22Ezk 36:10-11Hos 1:10Isa 55:1-3Jer 31:10-11Mat 11:28
for I have redeemed them;
and they will be as numerous
as they once were.
Though I sow them among the nations, Ezk 6:9Isa 65:23Neh 1:91Ki 8:47-48Est 8:17Hos 2:23Isa 65:9Jer 31:27
they will remember Me in distant lands;
they and their children
will live and return.
I will bring them back from Egypt Hos 11:11Isa 49:19-21Jer 50:19Mic 7:14Zec 8:7Ezk 47:18-21Isa 11:11-16Isa 19:23-25
and gather them from Assyria.
I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon
until no more room is found for them.
They will pass through the sea of distress Ezk 30:13Isa 43:2Mic 5:5-6Exo 14:21-22Isa 11:15-16Isa 51:10Psa 114:3Psa 66:10-12
and strike the waves of the sea;
all the depths of the Nile will dry up.
The pride of Assyria will be brought down,
and the scepter of Egypt will depart.
I will strengthen them in the LORD, Isa 41:10Isa 2:5Mic 4:5Zec 10:62Ti 2:1Col 2:6Col 3:17Php 4:13
and in His name they will walk,”
declares the LORD.