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¹⁴ Then the Lord will appear over them,
   and his arrow go forth like lightning;
the Lord God will sound the trumpet
   and march forth in the whirlwinds of the south.
¹⁵ The Lord of hosts will protect them,
   and they shall devour and tread down the slingers;^*
they shall drink their blood^* like wine,
   and be full like a bowl,
   drenched like the corners of the altar.

¹⁶ On that day the Lord their God will save them,
   for they are the flock of his people;
for like the jewels of a crown
   they shall shine on his land.
¹⁷ For what goodness and beauty are his!
   Grain shall make the young men flourish,
   and new wine the young women.

Restoration of Judah and Israel

10Ask rain from the Lord
   in the season of the spring rain,
from the Lord who makes the storm-clouds,
   who gives showers of rain to you,^*
   the vegetation in the field to everyone.
² For the teraphim^* utter nonsense,
   and the diviners see lies;
the dreamers tell false dreams,
   and give empty consolation.
Therefore the people wander like sheep;
   they suffer for lack of a shepherd.