THE LORD WILL CARE FOR JUDAH IN THIS LAST DAY

(Zechariah 10)

'Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime;

It is the Lord who makes the storm clouds.

He gives showers of rain to men,

And plants of the field to everyone.

2 THE IDOLS SPEAK DECEIT,

DIVINERS SEE VISIONS THAT LIE;

THEY TELL DREAMS THAT ARE FALSE,

THEY GIVE COMFORT IN VAIN.

THEREFORE THE PEOPLE WANDER

LIKE SHEEP OPPRESSED FOR LACK OF A SHEPHERD.

3 MY ANGER BURNS AGAINST THE SHEPHERDS,

AND I WILL PUNISH THE LEADERS;

For the Lord Almighty will care for His Flock,

The house of Judah,

And make them like a Proud Horse in Battle.

4 FROM JUDAH WILL COME THE CORNERSTONE (CHRIST),

From him the tent peg,

From Him the Battle Bow,

From Him every Ruler.

5 Together they will be like Mighty Men

Trampling the muddy streets in battle.

Because the Lord is with them,

They will fight and Overthrow the Horsemen.

6 I WILL STRENGTHEN THE HOUSE OF JUDAH

And save the house of Joseph.

I will restore them because I have compassion on them.

THEY WILL BE AS THOUGH I HAD NOT REJECTED THEM,

For I am the Lord their God and I will answer them.

7 The Ephraimites will become like Might Men,

And their hearts will be glad as with wine.

Their children will see it and be joyful;

TEIR HEARTS WILL REJOICE IN THE LORD.

8 I will signal for them and gather them in.

Surely I will redeem them;

They will be as numerous as before.

9 Though I scatter them among the peoples,

Yet in distant lands they will remember me.

They and their children will survive,

And they will return.

10 I will bring them back form Egypt

And gather them from Assyria.

I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon,

AND THERE WILL NOT BE ROOMJ ENOUGH FOR THEM.

11 THEY WILL PASS THORUGH THE SEA OF TROUBLE;

THE SURGING SEA WILL BE SUBDUED

And all the depths of the Nile will dry up.

Assyria's pride will be brought down

And Egypt's Scepter will Pass Away.

I WILL STRENGTHEN THEM IN THE LORD

AND IN HIS NAME THEY WILL WALK,'

Declares the Lord.

(Zechariah 10)

In this, the Last Day of Time,

The Lord will care for Judah,

THE HOUSE OF PRAISE.

He has already returned them

From the Lands they were dispersed to.

It will be as though they were never rejected.

With Christ Jesus at their Head,

They will Overthrow the Nations of the World

That come against them.

And Christ Jesus will Establish

His Kingdom on Earth as in Heaven,

In Jerusalem, on Mount Zion,

For a Thousand Years;

God's Day of Rest.