Zecharyah 10

¹Ask ye of Hashem rain in the time of the latter rain;

from Hashem who makes the storm clouds,

and gives them showers of rain,

to every one esev in the sadeh.

²For the terafim (idols) have spoken aven (deceit, nothing) ,

and the diviners envision sheker,

and have told false chalomot (dreams) ;

hevel is their comfort;

therefore the people wander like sheep,

oppressed for lack of a ro'eh (shepherd) .

³Mine anger was kindled against the ro'im (shepherds) ,

and I punished the attudim (he-goats, leaders) ;

for Hashem Tzva'os hath visited His eder (flock) ,

Bais Yehudah,

and hath made them like His majestic war horse.

⁴From him will come forth the Pinnah (Cornerstone) ,[#10:4 Yehudah; #10:4 i.e., Moshiach, Isa 28:16; Gn 49:10]

from him, the Yated (Tent Peg) ,

from him, the Keshet Milchamah (battle bow) ,

from him every ruler.

⁵Together they shall be like gibborim,[#10:5 Bais Yehudah, (10:3)]

which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the milchamah;

and they shall fight, because Hashem is with them,

and they shall overthrow the riders on susim.

⁶And I will strengthen the Bais Yehudah,

and I will save the Bais Yosef,

and I will restore them; for I have rachamim upon them;

and they shall be as though I had not rejected them;

for I am Hashem Eloheihem, and I will answer them.

⁷And they of Ephrayim shall be like a gibbor (mighty man) ,

and their lev shall have simcha as through yayin;

yea, their banim shall see, and have simcha,

and their lev shall rejoice in Hashem .

⁸I will whistle for them, and I will gather them in;

for I have redeemed them;

and they shall multiply as they have multiplied.

⁹And I will sow them among the peoples;

and they shall remember Me in far countries;

and they shall survive and live with their banim,

and they will return.

¹⁰I will bring them back again also out of Eretz Mitzrayim,

and gather them out of Assyria;

and I will bring them into the Eretz Gil'ad and Levanon;

until no more room shall be found for them.

¹¹And He shall pass through the yam of tzarah,[#10:11]

and shall strike the waves in the yam,

and all the depths of the Nile shall dry up;

and the ga'on (pride) of Assyria shall be cast down,

and the shevet (scepter) of Mitzrayim shall depart.

¹²And I will strengthen them in Hashem ;[#10:12 Ephrayim (10:7)]

and they shall walk in Shmo (His Name) , saith Hashem .