1. Ask the Lord for rain in the season of the late spring rains – the Lord who causes thunderstorms – and he will give everyone showers of rain and green growth in the field.
2. For the household gods have spoken wickedness, the soothsayers have seen a lie, and as for the dreamers, they have disclosed emptiness and give comfort in vain. Therefore the people set out like sheep and become scattered because they have no shepherd.
3. I am enraged at the shepherds and will punish the lead-goats.For the Lord who rules over all has brought blessing to his flock, the house of Judah, and will transform them into his majestic warhorse.
4. From him will come the cornerstone, the wall peg, the battle bow, and every ruler.