Zechariah 10:5-12

English Standard Version

⁵They shall be like mighty men in battle,
^(A)trampling the foe in the mud of the streets;
they shall fight because the Lord is with them,
and they shall put to shame ^(B)the riders on horses.

⁶^(C)“I will strengthen the house of Judah,
    and ^(D)I will save the house of Joseph.
^(E)I will bring them back ^(F)because I have compassion on them,
    and they shall be as though I had not rejected them,
    for ^(G)I am the Lord their God and I will answer them.
⁷Then Ephraim shall become like a mighty warrior,
    and ^(H)their hearts shall be glad as with wine.
Their children shall see it and be glad;
    their hearts shall rejoice in the Lord.

⁸^(I)“I will whistle for them and ^(J)gather them in,
    for I have redeemed them,
    and ^(K)they shall be as many as they were before.
⁹^(L)Though I scattered them among the nations,
    yet in far countries ^(M)they shall remember me,
    and with their children they shall live and return.
¹⁰^(N)I will bring them home from the land of Egypt,
    and gather them from Assyria,
and ^(O)I will bring them to the land of Gilead and to Lebanon,
    ^(P)till there is no room for them.
¹¹^(Q)He shall pass through the sea of troubles
    and strike down the waves of the sea,
    ^(R)and all the depths of the Nile shall be dried up.
The pride of Assyria shall be laid low,
    and ^(S)the scepter of Egypt shall depart.
¹²^(T)I will make them strong in the Lord,
    and ^(U)they shall walk in his name,”
declares the Lord.