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.