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10.6 :And I will strengthen the house of Judah,
 * And I will save the house of Joseph,
 * And I will bring them back, for I have compassion upon them,
 * And they shall be as though I had not cast them off;
 * For I am the their God, and I will hear them.
 * And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man,
 * And their heart shall rejoice as through wine;
 * Yea, their children shall see it, and rejoice,
 * Their heart shall be glad in the.
 * I will hiss for them, and gather them,
 * For I have redeemed them;
 * And they shall increase as they have increased.
 * And I will sow them among the peoples,
 * And they shall remember Me in far countries;
 * And they shall live with their children, and shall return.
 * I will bring them back also out of the land of Egypt,
 * And gather them out of Assyria;
 * And I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon,
 * And place shall not suffice them.
 * And over the sea affliction shall pass,
 * And the waves shall be smitten in the sea,
 * And all the depths of the Nile shall dry up;
 * And the pride of Assyria shall be brought down,
 * And the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.
 * And I will strengthen them in the ;
 * And they shall walk up and down in His name,
 * Saith the.


 * Open thy doors, O Lebanon,
 * That the fire may devour thy cedars.
 * Wail, O cypress-tree, for the cedar is fallen,
 * Because the glorious ones are spoiled;
 * Wail, O ye oaks of Bashan,
 * For the strong forest is come down.
 * Hark! the wailing of the shepherds,
 * For their glory is spoiled;
 * Hark! the roaring of young lions,
 * For the thickets of the Jordan are spoiled.

Thus said the my God: 'Feed the flock of slaughter; whose buyers slay them, and hold themselves not guilty; and they that sell them say: Blessed be the, for I am rich; and their own shepherds pity them not. For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the ; but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king; and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them.' So I fed the flock of slaughter, verily the poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Graciousness, and the other I called Binders; and I fed the flock. And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; 'for My soul became impatient of them, and their soul also loathed Me.' Then said I: 'I will not feed you; that which dieth, let it die; and that which is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let them that are left eat every one the flesh of another.' And I took my staff Graciousness, and cut it asunder, 'that I might break My covenant which I had made with all the peoples.' And it was broken in that day; and the poor of the flock that gave heed unto me knew of a truth that it was the word of the.