1 I, the Lord, am the onewho sends storm cloudsand showers of rainto make fields produce.So when the crops need rain,you should pray to me.
2 You can't believe idolsand fortune-tellers,or depend on the hopeyou receive from witchcraftand interpreters of dreams.But you have tried all of these,and now you are like sheepwithout a shepherd.
3 I, the Lord All-Powerful,am fiercely angrywith you leaders,and I will punish you.I care for my people,the nation of Judah,and I will changethis flock of sheepinto charging war horses.
4 From this flock will come leaderswho will be stronglike cornerstones and tent pegsand weapons of war.
5 They will join in the fighting,and together they will trampletheir enemies like mud.They will fight,because I, the Lord,will be on their side.And they will crushthe enemy cavalry.
6 I will strengthenthe kingdoms of Judahand Israel.And I will show mercybecause I am the Lord,their God.I will answer their prayersand bring them home.Then it will seem as thoughI had never rejected them.