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The Lord’s Promises

10 Ask the Lord for rain during the springtime rains.
    The Lord is the one who makes the clouds.
He sends the showers
    and gives everyone green fields.
Idols tell lies;
    fortune-tellers see false visions
and tell about false dreams.
    The comfort they give is worth nothing.
So the people are like lost sheep.
    They are abused, because there is no shepherd.

The Lord says, “I am angry at my shepherds,
    and I will punish the leaders.
I, the Lord All-Powerful, care
    for my flock, the people of Judah.
    I will make them like my proud war horses.

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The Lord Will Care for Judah

10 Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime;
    it is the Lord who sends the thunderstorms.
He gives showers of rain(A) to all people,
    and plants of the field(B) to everyone.
The idols(C) speak deceitfully,
    diviners(D) see visions that lie;
they tell dreams(E) that are false,
    they give comfort in vain.(F)
Therefore the people wander like sheep
    oppressed for lack of a shepherd.(G)

“My anger burns against the shepherds,
    and I will punish the leaders;(H)
for the Lord Almighty will care
    for his flock, the people of Judah,
    and make them like a proud horse in battle.(I)

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