Zechariah 10
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Lord Restores His People
10 Ask the Lord for rain
in the season of spring rain.
The Lord makes the rain clouds,
and He will give them showers of rain
and crops in the field for everyone.(A)
2 For the idols speak falsehood,
and the diviners(B) see illusions;
they relate empty dreams
and offer empty comfort.
Therefore the people wander like sheep;
they suffer affliction because there is no shepherd.
3 My anger burns against the shepherds,
so I will punish the leaders.[a]
For the Lord of Hosts has tended His flock,
the house of Judah;
He will make them like His majestic steed in battle.
4 The cornerstone(C) will come from Judah.[b]
The tent peg(D) will come from them
and also the battle bow(E) and every[c] ruler.
Together 5 they will be like warriors in battle
trampling down the mud of the streets.
They will fight because the Lord is with them,
and they will put horsemen to shame.
6 I will strengthen the house of Judah
and deliver the house of Joseph.[d]
I will restore[e] them
because I have compassion on them,
and they will be
as though I had never rejected them.(F)
For I am Yahweh their God,
and I will answer them.
7 Ephraim(G) will be like a warrior,
and their hearts will be glad as if with wine.
Their children will see it and be glad;(H)
their hearts will rejoice in Yahweh.
8 I will whistle(I) and gather them
because I have redeemed(J) them;
they will be as numerous as they once were.
9 Though I sow(K) them among the nations,
they will remember(L) Me in the distant lands;
they and their children will live and return.
10 I will bring them back from the land of Egypt
and gather them from Assyria.
I will bring them to the land of Gilead(M)
and to Lebanon,
but it will not be enough for them.
11 Yahweh[f] will pass through the sea of distress
and strike the waves of the sea;
all the depths of the Nile will dry up.(N)
The pride of Assyria will be brought down,
and the scepter of Egypt will come to an end.
12 I will strengthen(O) them in Yahweh,
and they will march(P) in His name—
this is Yahweh’s declaration.
Footnotes
- Zechariah 10:3 Lit male goats
- Zechariah 10:4 Lit them
- Zechariah 10:4 Lit also from them the . . . , from them every
- Zechariah 10:6 = the northern kingdom
- Zechariah 10:6 Other Hb mss, LXX read settle
- Zechariah 10:11 Lit He
Zechariah 10
Lexham English Bible
Yahweh Gives Rain
10 Ask rain from Yahweh in the season of the spring rain—
Yahweh, who makes storm clouds,
and he gives showers of rain to them,
to everyone vegetation in the field.
2 Because the household gods[a] speak deceit,
and those who practice divination see a lie,
and the dreamers of vanity speak in vain.
Therefore the people wander like sheep;[b]
they are afflicted because there is no shepherd.
3 My anger burns[c] against the shepherds,
and I will punish the leaders,[d]
because Yahweh of hosts watches over his flock,[e]
the house of Judah;
and he will make them like his majestic horse in war.
4 From them[f] the cornerstone will go out,
from them[g] the tent peg,
from them[h] the battle bow,
from them[i] every ruler,
all together.
5 And they will be like warriors,
trampling in the mud of the streets in the battle.
They will fight, because Yahweh is with them,
and they will put to shame the riders on horses.
6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah,
and the house of Joseph I will save.
And I will bring them back, because I have compassion on them,
and they will be as if I had not rejected them,
for I am Yahweh their God, and I will answer them.
7 And the people of Ephraim will be like a warrior,
and their heart will be glad as with wine.
And their children will see and rejoice;
their heart will shout in exultation in Yahweh.
8 I will whistle to them and gather them,
for I have redeemed them,
and they will become numerous as they have been numerous before.
9 Though I sow[j] them among the nations,
in the distant places they will remember me,
and they will stay alive with their children, and they will return.
10 And I will bring them back from the land of Egypt,
and from Assyria I will gather them.
To the land of Gilead and Lebanon I will bring them,
until no room will be found for them there.
11 And he[k] will pass through the sea of distress,
and he will strike the waves of the sea,
and all the depths of the Nile will dry up.
The pride of Assyria will be brought low,
and the scepter of Egypt will depart.
12 I will make them strong in Yahweh,
and in his name they will walk,
declares[l] Yahweh.
Footnotes
- Zechariah 10:2 Hebrew teraphim
- Zechariah 10:2 Or “flocks”; the Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
- Zechariah 10:3 Literally “My nose becomes hot”
- Zechariah 10:3 Or “male goats”
- Zechariah 10:3 Or “herd”
- Zechariah 10:4 Hebrew “him” (or “it”), referring to the flock in v. 3
- Zechariah 10:4 Hebrew “him” (or “it”), referring to the flock in v. 3
- Zechariah 10:4 Hebrew “him” (or “it”), referring to the flock in v. 3
- Zechariah 10:4 Hebrew “him” (or “it”), referring to the flock in v. 3
- Zechariah 10:9 Or “scatter”
- Zechariah 10:11 LXX reads “they,” referring to the Israelites (so NIV, NRSV, NASB)
- Zechariah 10:12 Literally “declaration of”
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