Daily Bible CEV July 27 Verses

A Bright Future for Judah and Israel

Zechariah 10 I, the LORD, am the one who sends storm clouds

and showers of rain to make fields produce.

So when the crops need rain, you should pray to me.

²You can't believe idols and fortunetellers,

or depend on the hope you receive from witchcraft

and interpreters of dreams.

But you have tried all of these,

and now you are like sheep without a shepherd.

³I, the LORD All-Powerful,

am fiercely angry with you leaders,

and I will punish you.

I care for my people, the nation of Judah,

and I will change this flock of sheep

into charging war horses.

⁴From this flock will come leaders who will be strong

like cornerstones and tent pegs and weapons of war.

⁵They will join in the fighting,

and together they will trample their enemies like mud.

They will fight, because I, the LORD,

will be on their side.

And they will crush the enemy cavalry.

⁶I will strengthen the kingdoms of Judah and Israel.

And I will show mercy

because I am the LORD, their God.

I will answer their prayers and bring them home.

Then it will seem as though I had never rejected them.

⁷Israel will be like a tribe of warriors

celebrating with wine.

When their children see this, they will also be happy

because of me, the LORD.

⁸I will give a signal for them to come together

because I have rescued them.

And there will be as many as ever before.

⁹Although I scattered my people in distant countries,

they won't forget me.

Once their children are raised, they will return--

¹⁰I will bring them home from Egypt and Assyria,

then let them settle as far as Gilead and Lebanon,

until the land overflows with them.

¹¹My people will go through an ocean of troubles,

but I will overcome the waves

and dry up the deepest part of the Nile.

Assyria's great pride will be put down,

and the power of Egypt will disappear.

¹²I'll strengthen my people because of who I am,

and they will follow me.

I, the LORD, have spoken!

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