Zakariyya 10

Ask of Allah rain in the spring time,

Allah who makes storm clouds,

And he gives rain showers to everyone for the plants in the field.

²For the idols have spoken vanity,

and the diviners have seen a lie;

And they have told false dreams.

They comfort in vain.

Therefore they go their way like sheep.

They are oppressed, because there is no shepherd.

³My anger is kindled against the shepherds,

And I will punish the male goats;

For Allah, Lord of the universe has visited his flock, the house of Judah,

And will make them as a proud horse in battle.

⁴From him will come forth the corner-stone,

From him the nail,

From him the battle bow,

From him every ruler together.

⁵They shall be as mighty men,

Treading down muddy streets in the battle;

And they shall fight, because Allah is with them;

And the riders on horses will be confounded.

⁶"I will strengthen the house of Judah,

And I will save the house of Yusuf,

And I will bring them back;

For I have mercy on them;

And they will be as though I had not cast them off:

For I am Allah their God, and I will hear them.

⁷Ephraim will be like a mighty man,

And their heart will rejoice as through wine;

Yes, their children will see it, and rejoice.

Their heart will be glad in Allah.

⁸I will signal for them, and gather them;

For I have redeemed them;

And they will increase as they have increased.

⁹I will sow them among the peoples;

And they will remember me in far countries;

And they will live with their children, and will return.

¹⁰I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt,

And gather them out of Assyria;

And I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon;

And there will not be room enough for them.

¹¹He will pass through the sea of affliction,

And will strike the waves in the sea,

And all the depths of the Nile will dry up;

And the pride of Assyria will be brought down,

And the scepter of Egypt will depart.

¹²I will strengthen them in Allah;

And they will walk up and down in his name," says Allah.

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