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Verse	Translation	Text
Zec 10:1	Strong Concordance	Ask [07592] ye of the LORD [03068] rain [04306] in the time [06256] of the latter rain [04456]; so the LORD [03068] shall make [06213] bright clouds [02385], and give [05414] them showers [01653] of rain [04306], to every one [0376] grass [06212] in the field [07704].
	King James	Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
PRAYER AND PROMISE. (Zac 10:1-12) Ask . . . rain--on which the abundance of "corn" promised by the Lord (Zac 9:17) depends. Jehovah alone can give it, and will give it on being asked (Jer 10:13; Jer 14:22). rain in . . . time of . . . latter rain--that is, the latter rain in its due time, namely, in spring, about February or March (Job 29:23; Joe 2:23). The latter rain ripened the grain, as the former rain in October tended to fructify the seed. Including all temporal blessings; these again being types of spiritual ones. Though God has begun to bless us, we are not to relax our prayers. The former rain of conversion may have been given, but we must also ask for the latter rain of ripened sanctification. Though at Pentecost there was a former rain on the Jewish Church, a latter rain is still to be looked for, when the full harvest of the nation's conversion shall be gathered in to God. The spirit of prayer in the Church is an index at once of her piety, and of the spiritual blessings she may expect from God. When the Church is full of prayer, God pours out a full blessing. bright clouds--rather, "lightnings," the precursors of rain [MAURER]. showers of rain--literally, "rain of heavy rain." In Job 37:6 the same words occur in inverted order [HENDERSON]. grass--a general term, including both corn for men and grass for cattle.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

PRAYER AND PROMISE. (Zac 10:1-12)

Ask . . . rain--on which the abundance of "corn" promised by the Lord (Zac 9:17) depends. Jehovah alone can give it, and will give it on being asked (Jer 10:13; Jer 14:22).

rain in . . . time of . . . latter rain--that is, the latter rain in its due time, namely, in spring, about February or March (Job 29:23; Joe 2:23). The latter rain ripened the grain, as the former rain in October tended to fructify the seed. Including all temporal blessings; these again being types of spiritual ones. Though God has begun to bless us, we are not to relax our prayers. The former rain of conversion may have been given, but we must also ask for the latter rain of ripened sanctification. Though at Pentecost there was a former rain on the Jewish Church, a latter rain is still to be looked for, when the full harvest of the nation's conversion shall be gathered in to God. The spirit of prayer in the Church is an index at once of her piety, and of the spiritual blessings she may expect from God. When the Church is full of prayer, God pours out a full blessing.

bright clouds--rather, "lightnings," the precursors of rain [MAURER].

showers of rain--literally, "rain of heavy rain." In Job 37:6 the same words occur in inverted order [HENDERSON].

grass--a general term, including both corn for men and grass for cattle.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Ask ye of the Lord rain - "Ask and ye shall receive" our Lord says. Zechariah had promised in God's name blessings temporal and spiritual: all was ready on God's part; only, he adds, ask them of the Lord, the Unchangeable, the Self-same not of Teraphim or of diviner, as Israel had done aforetime Isa. 2:5-22; Jer 44:15-28. He had promised, "If ye shall hearken diligently unto My coramandments, to love the Lord your God, I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, and I will send grass in thy field for thy cattle" Deu 11:13-15. God bids them ask Him to fulfill His promise. The "latter rain" alone is mentioned, as completing what God had begun by the former rain, filling the ears before the harvest. Both had been used as symbols of God's spiritual gifts, and so the words fit in with the close of the last chapter, both as to things temporal and eternal. Osorius: "He exhorts all frequently to ask for the dew of the divine grace, that what had sprung up in the heart from the seed of the word of God, might attain to full ripeness." The Lord maketh bright clouds - (Rather) "lightnings, into rain," as Jeremiah says, "He causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; He maketh lightnings into rain" Jer 10:13; Jer 51:16; and the Psalmist, "He maketh lightnings into rain" Psa 135:7, disappearing as it were into the rain which follows on them. "And giveth them." While man is asking, God is answering. "Showers of rain" , "rain in torrents," as we should say, or "in floods," or, inverted, "floods of rain." "To every one grass," rather, "the green herb, in the field," as the Psalmist says, "He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and green herb for the service of men" (Psa 104:14, see also Gen 1:30; Gen 3:18). This He did with individual care, as each had need, or as should be best for each, as contrariwise He says in Amos, "I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city; one piece was rained upon, and the piece, whereon it rained not, withered" (Amo 4:7; see note). The Rabbis observed these exceptions to God's general law, whereby He "sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust" Matt. 5:49, though expressing it in their way hyperbolically; , "In the time when Israel doeth the will of God, He doeth their will; so that if one man alone, and not the others, wants rain, He will give rain to that one man; and if a man wants one herb alone in his field or garden, and not another, He will give rain to that one herb; as one of the saints used to say, This plot of ground wants rain, and that plot of ground wants not rain" (Cyril). Spiritually the rain is divine doctrine bedewing the mind and making it fruitful, as the rain doth the earth. So Moses saith, "My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distill as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb and as the showers upon the grass" Deu 32:2. Cyril: "The law of Moses and the prophets were the former rain."

The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917]
later rain Compare (Hos 6:3); (Joe 2:23-32); (Zac 12:10). There is both a physical and spiritual meaning: Rain as of old will be restored to Palestine, but, also, there will be a mighty effusion of the Spirit upon restored Israel.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
"Ask ye of Jehovah rain in the time of the latter rain; Jehovah createth lightnings, and showers of rain will He give them, to every one vegetation in the field. Zac 10:2. For the teraphim have spoken vanity, and the soothsayers have seen a lie, and speak dreams of deceit; they comfort in vain: for this they have wandered like a flock, they are oppressed because there is no shepherd." The summons to prayer is not a mere turn of the address expressing the readiness of God to give (Hengstenberg), but is seriously meant, as the reason assigned in Zac 10:2 clearly shows. The church of the Lord is to ask of God the blessings which it needs for its prosperity, and not to put its trust in idols, as rebellious Israel has done (Hos 2:7). The prayer for rain, on which the successful cultivation of the fruits of the ground depends, simply serves to individualize the prayer for the bestowal of the blessings of God, in order to sustain both temporal and spiritual life; just as in Zac 9:17 the fruitfulness of the land and the flourishing of the nation are simply a concrete expression, for the whole complex of the salvation which the Lord will grant to His people (Kliefoth). This view, which answers to the rhetorical character of the exhortation, is very different from allegory. The time of the latter rain is mentioned, because this was indispensable to the ripening of the corn, whereas elsewhere the early and latter rain are connected together (e.g., Joe 2:23; Deu 11:13-15). The lightnings are introduced as the harbingers of rain (cf. Jer 10:13; Psa 135:7). Metar geshem, rain of the rain-pouring, i.e., copious rain (compare Job 37:6, where the words are transposed). With lâkem (to them) the address passes into the third person: to them, i.e., to every one who asks. עשׂב is not to be restricted to grass or herb as the food of cattle, as in Deu 11:15, where it is mentioned in connection with the corn and the fruits of the field; but it includes these, as in Gen 1:29 and Psa 104:14, where it is distinguished from châtsı̄r. The exhortation to pray to Jehovah for the blessing needed to ensure prosperity, is supported in Zac 10:2 by an allusion to the worthlessness of the trust in idols, and to the misery which idolatry with its consequences, viz., soothsaying and false prophecy, have brought upon the nation. The terâphı̄m were house-deities and oracular deities, which were worshipped as the givers and protectors of the blessings of earthly prosperity (see at Gen 31:19). Along with these קוסמים are mentioned, i.e., the soothsayers, who plunged the nation into misery through their vain and deceitful prophesyings. חלמות is not the subject of the sentence, for in that case it would have the article like הקּוסמים; but it is the object, and הקּוסמים is also the subject to ידבּרוּ and ינחמוּן. "Therefore," i.e., because Israel had trusted in teraphim and soothsayers, it would have to wander into exile. נסע, to break up, applied to the pulling up of the pegs, to take down the tent, involves the idea of wandering, and in this connection, of wandering into exile. Hence the perfect נסעוּ, to which the imperfect יענוּ is suitably appended, because their being oppressed, i.e., the oppression which Israel suffered from the heathen, still continued. The words apply of course to all Israel (Ephraim and Judah); compare Zac 9:13 with Zac 10:4, Zac 10:6. Israel is bowed down because it has no shepherd, i.e., no king, who guards and provides for his people (cf. Num 27:17; Jer 23:4), having lost the Davidic monarchy when the kingdom was overthrown.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
The latter rain - This made plenty of all provision, and is proverbially used to signify a great blessing. Bright clouds - Bright through the lightnings which break from them. Them - The Jews.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Ask ye of the Lord rain - Rain in the due seasons - 1. To impregnate the seed when sown; and 2. To fill the ear near the time of harvest - was so essential to the fertility of the land, and the well-being of the people, that it stands well among the chief of God's mercies and the promise of it here shows that God designs to ensure the prosperity promised, by using those means by which it was promoted.

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⁶ For he saith [0559] to the snow [07950], Be thou [01933] on the earth [0776]; likewise to the small [04306] rain [01653], and to the great [04306] rain [01653] of his strength [05797].

²³ And they waited [03176] for me as for the rain [04306]; and they opened [06473] their mouth [06310] wide as for the latter rain [04456].

²² Are there [03426] any among the vanities [01892] of the Gentiles [01471] that can cause rain [01652]? or can the heavens [08064] give [05414] showers [07241]? art not thou he, O LORD [03068] our God [0430]? therefore we will wait [06960] upon thee: for thou hast made [06213] all these things.

¹³ When he uttereth [05414] his voice [06963], there is a multitude [01995] of waters [04325] in the heavens [08064], and he causeth the vapours [05387] to ascend [05927] from the ends [07097] of the earth [0776]; he maketh [06213] lightnings [01300] with rain [04306], and bringeth forth [03318] the wind [07307] out of his treasures [0214].

¹⁷ For how great is his goodness [02898], and how great is his beauty [03308]! corn [01715] shall make the young men [0970] cheerful [05107], and new wine [08492] the maids [01330].

¹ Ask [07592] ye of the LORD [03068] rain [04306] in the time [06256] of the latter rain [04456]; so the LORD [03068] shall make [06213] bright clouds [02385], and give [05414] them showers [01653] of rain [04306], to every one [0376] grass [06212] in the field [07704].
² For the idols [08655] have spoken [01696] vanity [0205], and the diviners [07080] have seen [02372] a lie [08267], and have told [01696] false [07723] dreams [02472]; they comfort [05162] in vain [01892]: therefore they went [05265] their way as a flock [06629], they were troubled [06031], because there was no shepherd [07462].
³ Mine anger [0639] was kindled [02734] against the shepherds [07462], and I punished [06485] the goats [06260]: for the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] hath visited [06485] his flock [05739] the house [01004] of Judah [03063], and hath made [07760] them as his goodly [01935] horse [05483] in the battle [04421].
⁴ Out of him came forth [03318] the corner [06438], out of him the nail [03489], out of him the battle [04421] bow [07198], out of him every oppressor [05065] together [03162].
⁵ And they shall be as mighty [01368] men, which tread down [0947] their enemies in the mire [02916] of the streets [02351] in the battle [04421]: and they shall fight [03898], because the LORD [03068] is with them, and the riders [07392] on horses [05483] shall be confounded [03001].
⁶ And I will strengthen [01396] the house [01004] of Judah [03063], and I will save [03467] the house [01004] of Joseph [03130], and I will bring them again to place [03427] them; for I have mercy [07355] upon them: and they shall be as though [0834] I had not cast them off [02186]: for I am the LORD [03068] their God [0430], and will hear [06030] them.
⁷ And they of Ephraim [0669] shall be like a mighty [01368] man, and their heart [03820] shall rejoice [08055] as through wine [03196]: yea, their children [01121] shall see [07200] it, and be glad [08055]; their heart [03820] shall rejoice [01523] in the LORD [03068].
⁸ I will hiss [08319] for them, and gather [06908] them; for I have redeemed [06299] them: and they shall increase [07235] as they have increased [07235].
⁹ And I will sow [02232] them among the people [05971]: and they shall remember [02142] me in far countries [04801]; and they shall live [02421] with their children [01121], and turn again [07725].
¹⁰ I will bring them again [07725] also out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], and gather [06908] them out of Assyria [0804]; and I will bring [0935] them into the land [0776] of Gilead [01568] and Lebanon [03844]; and place shall not be found [04672] for them.
¹¹ And he shall pass through [05674] the sea [03220] with affliction [06869], and shall smite [05221] the waves [01530] in the sea [03220], and all the deeps [04688] of the river [02975] shall dry up [03001]: and the pride [01347] of Assyria [0804] shall be brought down [03381], and the sceptre [07626] of Egypt [04714] shall depart away [05493].
¹² And I will strengthen [01396] them in the LORD [03068]; and they shall walk up and down [01980] in his name [08034], saith [05002] the LORD [03068].

² My doctrine [03948] shall drop [06201] as the rain [04306], my speech [0565] shall distil [05140] as the dew [02919], as the small rain [08164] upon the tender herb [01877], and as the showers [07241] upon the grass [06212]:

⁷ And also I have withholden [04513] the rain [01653] from you, when there were yet three [07969] months [02320] to the harvest [07105]: and I caused it to rain [04305] upon one [0259] city [05892], and caused it not to rain [04305] upon another [0259] city [05892]: one [0259] piece [02513] was rained [04305] upon, and the piece [02513] whereupon it rained [04305] not withered [03001].

¹⁸ Thorns also [06975] and thistles [01863] shall it bring forth [06779] to thee; and thou shalt eat [0398] the herb [06212] of the field [07704];

³⁰ And to every beast [02416] of the earth [0776], and to every fowl [05775] of the air [08064], and to every thing that creepeth [07430] upon the earth [0776], wherein there is life [02416] [05315], I have given every green [03418] herb [06212] for meat [0402]: and it was so.

¹⁴ He causeth the grass [02682] to grow [06779] for the cattle [0929], and herb [06212] for the service [05656] of man [0120]: that he may bring forth [03318] food [03899] out of the earth [0776];

⁷ He causeth the vapours [05387] to ascend [05927] from the ends [07097] of the earth [0776]; he maketh [06213] lightnings [01300] for the rain [04306]; he bringeth [03318] the wind [07307] out of his treasuries [0214].

¹⁶ When he uttereth [05414] his voice [06963], there is a multitude [01995] of waters [04325] in the heavens [08064]; and he causeth the vapours [05387] to ascend [05927] from the ends [07097] of the earth [0776]: he maketh [06213] lightnings [01300] with rain [04306], and bringeth forth [03318] the wind [07307] out of his treasures [0214].

¹³ And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken [08085] diligently [08085] unto my commandments [04687] which I command [06680] you this day [03117], to love [0157] the LORD [03068] your God [0430], and to serve [05647] him with all your heart [03824] and with all your soul [05315],
¹⁴ That I will give [05414] you the rain [04306] of your land [0776] in his due season [06256], the first rain [03138] and the latter rain [04456], that thou mayest gather [0622] in thy corn [01715], and thy wine [08492], and thine oil [03323].
¹⁵ And I will send [05414] grass [06212] in thy fields [07704] for thy cattle [0929], that thou mayest eat [0398] and be full [07646].

¹⁵ Then all the men [0582] which knew [03045] that their wives [0802] had burned incense [06999] unto other [0312] gods [0430], and all the women [0802] that stood by [05975], a great [01419] multitude [06951], even all the people [05971] that dwelt [03427] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], in Pathros [06624], answered [06030] Jeremiah [03414], saying [0559],
¹⁶ As for the word [01697] that thou hast spoken [01696] unto us in the name [08034] of the LORD [03068], we will not hearken [08085] unto thee.
¹⁷ But we will certainly [06213] do [06213] whatsoever thing [01697] goeth forth [03318] out of our own mouth [06310], to burn incense [06999] unto the queen [04446] of heaven [08064], and to pour out [05258] drink offerings [05262] unto her, as we have done [06213], we, and our fathers [01], our kings [04428], and our princes [08269], in the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], and in the streets [02351] of Jerusalem [03389]: for then had we plenty [07646] of victuals [03899], and were well [02896], and saw [07200] no evil [07451].
¹⁸ But since we left off [02308] to burn incense [06999] to the queen [04446] of heaven [08064], and to pour out [05258] drink offerings [05262] unto her, we have wanted [02637] all things, and have been consumed [08552] by the sword [02719] and by the famine [07458].
¹⁹ And when we burned incense [06999] to the queen [04446] of heaven [08064], and poured out [05258] drink offerings [05262] unto her, did we make [06213] her cakes [03561] to worship [06087] her, and pour out [05258] drink offerings [05262] unto her, without [01107] our men [0582]?
²⁰ Then Jeremiah [03414] said [0559] unto all the people [05971], to the men [01397], and to the women [0802], and to all the people [05971] which had given him that answer [01697] [06030], saying [0559],
²¹ The incense [07002] that ye burned [06999] in the cities [05892] of Judah [03063], and in the streets [02351] of Jerusalem [03389], ye, and your fathers [01], your kings [04428], and your princes [08269], and the people [05971] of the land [0776], did not the LORD [03068] remember [02142] them, and came [05927] it not into his mind [03820]?
²² So that the LORD [03068] could [03201] no longer bear [05375], because [06440] of the evil [07455] of your doings [04611], and because [06440] of the abominations [08441] which ye have committed [06213]; therefore is your land [0776] a desolation [02723], and an astonishment [08047], and a curse [07045], without an inhabitant [03427], as at this day [03117].
²³ Because [06440] [0834] ye have burned incense [06999], and because ye have sinned [02398] against the LORD [03068], and have not obeyed [08085] the voice [06963] of the LORD [03068], nor walked [01980] in his law [08451], nor in his statutes [02708], nor in his testimonies [05715]; therefore this evil [07451] is happened [07122] unto you, as at this day [03117].
²⁴ Moreover Jeremiah [03414] said [0559] unto all the people [05971], and to all the women [0802], Hear [08085] the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], all Judah [03063] that are in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714]:
²⁵ Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478], saying [0559]; Ye and your wives [0802] have both spoken [01696] with your mouths [06310], and fulfilled [04390] with your hand [03027], saying [0559], We will surely [06213] perform [06213] our vows [05088] that we have vowed [05087], to burn incense [06999] to the queen [04446] of heaven [08064], and to pour out [05258] drink offerings [05262] unto her: ye will surely [06965] accomplish [06965] your vows [05088], and surely [06213] perform [06213] your vows [05088].
²⁶ Therefore hear [08085] ye the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], all Judah [03063] that dwell [03427] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714]; Behold, I have sworn [07650] by my great [01419] name [08034], saith [0559] the LORD [03068], that my name [08034] shall no more be named [07121] in the mouth [06310] of any man [0376] of Judah [03063] in all the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], saying [0559], The Lord [0136] GOD [03069] liveth [02416].
²⁷ Behold, I will watch [08245] over them for evil [07451], and not for good [02896]: and all the men [0376] of Judah [03063] that are in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] shall be consumed [08552] by the sword [02719] and by the famine [07458], until there be an end [03615] of them.
²⁸ Yet a small [04962] number [04557] that escape [06412] the sword [02719] shall return out [07725] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] into the land [0776] of Judah [03063], and all the remnant [07611] of Judah [03063], that are gone [0935] into the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] to sojourn [01481] there, shall know [03045] whose words [01697] shall stand [06965], mine, or theirs.

¹⁰ And I will pour [08210] upon the house [01004] of David [01732], and upon the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389], the spirit [07307] of grace [02580] and of supplications [08469]: and they shall look [05027] upon me whom they have pierced [01856], and they shall mourn [04553] for him, as one mourneth [05594] for his only [03173] son, and shall be in bitterness [04843] for him, as one that is in bitterness [04843] for his firstborn [01060].

²³ Be glad [01523] then, ye children [01121] of Zion [06726], and rejoice [08055] in the LORD [03068] your God [0430]: for he hath given [05414] you the former rain [04175] moderately [06666], and he will cause to come down [03381] for you the rain [01653], the former rain [04175], and the latter rain [04456] in the first [07223] month.
²⁴ And the floors [01637] shall be full [04390] of wheat [01250], and the fats [03342] shall overflow [07783] with wine [08492] and oil [03323].
²⁵ And I will restore [07999] to you the years [08141] that the locust [0697] hath eaten [0398], the cankerworm [03218], and the caterpiller [02625], and the palmerworm [01501], my great [01419] army [02428] which I sent [07971] among you.
²⁶ And ye shall eat [0398] in plenty [0398], and be satisfied [07646], and praise [01984] the name [08034] of the LORD [03068] your God [0430], that hath dealt [06213] wondrously [06381] with you: and my people [05971] shall never [05769] be ashamed [0954].
²⁷ And ye shall know [03045] that I am in the midst [07130] of Israel [03478], and that I am the LORD [03068] your God [0430], and none else: and my people [05971] shall never [05769] be ashamed [0954].
²⁸ And it shall come to pass afterward [0310], that I will pour out [08210] my spirit [07307] upon all flesh [01320]; and your sons [01121] and your daughters [01323] shall prophesy [05012], your old men [02205] shall dream [02492] dreams [02472], your young men [0970] shall see [07200] visions [02384]:
²⁹ And also upon the servants [05650] and upon the handmaids [08198] in those days [03117] will I pour out [08210] my spirit [07307].
³⁰ And I will shew [05414] wonders [04159] in the heavens [08064] and in the earth [0776], blood [01818], and fire [0784], and pillars [08490] of smoke [06227].
³¹ The sun [08121] shall be turned [02015] into darkness [02822], and the moon [03394] into blood [01818], before [06440] the great [01419] and the terrible [03372] day [03117] of the LORD [03068] come [0935].
³² And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call [07121] on the name [08034] of the LORD [03068] shall be delivered [04422]: for in mount [02022] Zion [06726] and in Jerusalem [03389] shall be deliverance [06413], as the LORD [03068] hath said [0559], and in the remnant [08300] whom the LORD [03068] shall call [07121].

³ Then shall we know [03045], if we follow [07291] on to know [03045] the LORD [03068]: his going forth [04161] is prepared [03559] as the morning [07837]; and he shall come [0935] unto us as the rain [01653], as the latter [04456] and former rain [03384] unto the earth [0776].

⁴ And I will set up [06965] shepherds [07462] over them which shall feed [07462] them: and they shall fear [03372] no more, nor be dismayed [02865], neither shall they be lacking [06485], saith [05002] the LORD [03068].

¹⁷ Which may go out [03318] before [06440] them, and which may go in [0935] before [06440] them, and which may lead them out [03318], and which may bring them in [0935]; that the congregation [05712] of the LORD [03068] be not as sheep [06629] which have no shepherd [07462].

⁶ And I will strengthen [01396] the house [01004] of Judah [03063], and I will save [03467] the house [01004] of Joseph [03130], and I will bring them again to place [03427] them; for I have mercy [07355] upon them: and they shall be as though [0834] I had not cast them off [02186]: for I am the LORD [03068] their God [0430], and will hear [06030] them.

⁴ Out of him came forth [03318] the corner [06438], out of him the nail [03489], out of him the battle [04421] bow [07198], out of him every oppressor [05065] together [03162].

¹³ When I have bent [01869] Judah [03063] for me, filled [04390] the bow [07198] with Ephraim [0669], and raised up [05782] thy sons [01121], O Zion [06726], against thy sons [01121], O Greece [03120], and made [07760] thee as the sword [02719] of a mighty man [01368].

¹⁹ And Laban [03837] went [01980] to shear [01494] his sheep [06629]: and Rachel [07354] had stolen [01589] the images [08655] that were her father's [01].

² For the idols [08655] have spoken [01696] vanity [0205], and the diviners [07080] have seen [02372] a lie [08267], and have told [01696] false [07723] dreams [02472]; they comfort [05162] in vain [01892]: therefore they went [05265] their way as a flock [06629], they were troubled [06031], because there was no shepherd [07462].

¹⁴ He causeth the grass [02682] to grow [06779] for the cattle [0929], and herb [06212] for the service [05656] of man [0120]: that he may bring forth [03318] food [03899] out of the earth [0776];

²⁹ And God [0430] said [0559], Behold [02009], I have given [05414] you every herb [06212] bearing [02232] seed [02233], which is upon the face [06440] of all the earth [0776], and every tree [06086], in the which is the fruit [06529] of a tree [06086] yielding [02232] seed [02233]; to you it shall be [01961] for meat [0402].

¹⁵ And I will send [05414] grass [06212] in thy fields [07704] for thy cattle [0929], that thou mayest eat [0398] and be full [07646].

⁶ For he saith [0559] to the snow [07950], Be thou [01933] on the earth [0776]; likewise to the small [04306] rain [01653], and to the great [04306] rain [01653] of his strength [05797].

¹⁷ For how great is his goodness [02898], and how great is his beauty [03308]! corn [01715] shall make the young men [0970] cheerful [05107], and new wine [08492] the maids [01330].

⁷ And she shall follow [07291] after her lovers [0157], but she shall not overtake [05381] them; and she shall seek [01245] them, but shall not find [04672] them: then shall she say [0559], I will go [03212] and return [07725] to my first [07223] husband [0376]; for then was it better [02896] with me than now [06258].