The Lord who ^(B)makes the ^[a]storm clouds;
And He will give them ^(C)showers of rain, vegetation in the field to each man.
² For the ^(D)teraphim speak ^[b]iniquity,
And the ^(E)diviners see ^[c]lying visions
And tell ^(F)false dreams;
They comfort in vain.
Therefore the people ^[d]wander like ^(G)sheep,
They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.
³ “My ^(H)anger is kindled against the shepherds,
And I will punish the ^[e]male goats;
For the Lord of hosts has ^(I)visited His flock, the house of Judah,
And will make them like His majestic horse in battle.
⁴ “From ^[f]them will come the ^(J)cornerstone,
From ^[g]them the tent peg,
From ^[h]them the bow of ^(K)battle,
From ^[i]them every ^[j]ruler, all of them together.
⁵ “They will be as mighty men,
^(L)Treading down the enemy in the mire of the streets in battle;
And they will fight, for the Lord will be with them;
And the ^(M)riders on horses will be put to shame.
⁶ “I will ^(N)strengthen the house of Judah,
And I will ^(O)save the house of Joseph,
And I will ^[k](P)bring them back,
Because I have had ^(Q)compassion on them;
And they will be as though I had ^(R)not rejected them,
For I am the Lord their God and I will ^(S)answer them.
⁷ “Ephraim will be like a mighty man,
And their heart will be glad as if from wine;
Indeed, their ^(T)children will see it and be glad,
^[l]Their heart will rejoice in the Lord.
⁸ “I will ^(U)whistle for them to gather them together,
For I have redeemed them;
And they will be as ^(V)numerous as they ^[m](W)were before.
⁹ “When I ^[n]scatter them among the peoples,
They will ^(X)remember Me in far countries,
And they with their children will live and come back.
¹⁰ “I will ^(Y)bring them back from the land of Egypt
And gather them from Assyria;
And I will bring them into the land of ^(Z)Gilead and Lebanon
^[o]Until ^(AA)no room can be found for them.
¹¹ “And they will pass through the ^(AB)sea of distress
And He will strike the waves in the sea,
So that all the depths of the ^(AC)Nile will dry up;
And the pride of ^(AD)Assyria will be brought down
And the scepter of ^(AE)Egypt will depart.
¹² “And I will ^(AF)strengthen them in the Lord,
And in His name ^(AG)they will walk,” declares the Lord.