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Zechariah 10
New Living Translation

The Lord Will Restore His People

10 Ask the Lord for rain in the spring,
    for he makes the storm clouds.
And he will send showers of rain
    so every field becomes a lush pasture.
2 Household gods give worthless advice,
    fortune-tellers predict only lies,
and interpreters of dreams pronounce
    falsehoods that give no comfort.
So my people are wandering like lost sheep;
    they are attacked because they have no shepherd.

3 “My anger burns against your shepherds,
    and I will punish these leaders.[a]
For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has arrived
    to look after Judah, his flock.
He will make them strong and glorious,
    like a proud warhorse in battle.
4 From Judah will come the cornerstone,
    the tent peg,
the bow for battle,
    and all the rulers.
5 They will be like mighty warriors in battle,
    trampling their enemies in the mud under their feet.
Since the Lord is with them as they fight,
    they will overthrow even the enemy’s horsemen.

6 “I will strengthen Judah and save Israel[b];
    I will restore them because of my compassion.
It will be as though I had never rejected them,
    for I am the Lord their God, who will hear their cries.
7 The people of Israel[c] will become like mighty warriors,
    and their hearts will be made happy as if by wine.
Their children, too, will see it and be glad;
    their hearts will rejoice in the Lord.
8 When I whistle to them, they will come running,
    for I have redeemed them.
From the few who are left,
    they will grow as numerous as they were before.
9 Though I have scattered them like seeds among the nations,
    they will still remember me in distant lands.
They and their children will survive
    and return again to Israel.
10 I will bring them back from Egypt
    and gather them from Assyria.
I will resettle them in Gilead and Lebanon
    until there is no more room for them all.
11 They will pass safely through the sea of distress,[d]
    for the waves of the sea will be held back,
    and the waters of the Nile will dry up.
The pride of Assyria will be crushed,
    and the rule of Egypt will end.
12 By my power[e] I will make my people strong,
    and by my authority they will go wherever they wish.
    I, the Lord, have spoken!”

Footnotes

  1. 10:3 Or these male goats.
  2. 10:6 Hebrew save the house of Joseph.
  3. 10:7 Hebrew of Ephraim.
  4. 10:11 Or the sea of Egypt, referring to the Red Sea.
  5. 10:12 Hebrew In the Lord.
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Zechariah 10
Legacy Standard Bible

Yahweh Will Redeem Judah and Israel

10 Ask (A)rain from Yahweh at the time of the [a]late rain—
Yahweh who (B)makes the [b]storm clouds;
And He will give them (C)showers of rain, the plant in the field to each man.
2 For the (D)teraphim speak wickedness,
And the (E)diviners behold [c]false visions
And speak (F)worthless dreams;
They comfort in vain.
Therefore the people journey like (G)sheep;
They are afflicted because there is no shepherd.
3 “My (H)anger burns against the shepherds,
And I will visit punishment upon the [d]male goats;
For Yahweh of hosts has (I)visited His flock, the house of Judah,
And will make them like His splendid horse in battle.
4 From [e]them will come the (J)cornerstone,
From [f]them the tent peg,
From [g]them the bow of [h](K)battle,
From [i]them every good [j]taskmaster, all of them together.
5 And they will be as mighty men,
(L)Treading down the enemy in the mire of the streets in battle;
And they will battle, for Yahweh will be with them;
And the (M)riders on horses will be put to shame.
6 I will (N)make the house of Judah mighty,
And I will (O)save the house of Joseph,
And I will [k](P)cause them to return,
Because I have had (Q)compassion on them;
And they will be as though I had (R)not rejected them,
For I am Yahweh their God, and I will (S)answer them.
7 And Ephraim will be like a mighty man,
And their heart will be glad as if from wine;
Indeed, their (T)children will see it and be glad;
[l]Their heart will rejoice in Yahweh.
8 I will (U)whistle for them to gather them together,
For I have redeemed them;
And they will be as (V)numerous as they (W)were [m]before.
9 And I will sow them among the peoples,
And they will (X)remember Me in far countries,
And they with their children will live and turn back.
10 Then I will cause them to (Y)return from the land of Egypt
And gather them from Assyria;
And I will bring them into the land of (Z)Gilead and Lebanon
[n]Until (AA)no room can be found for them.
11 And [o]they will pass through the (AB)sea of distress,
And He will strike the waves in the sea,
So that all the depths of the (AC)Nile will dry up;
And the pride of (AD)Assyria will be brought down,
And the scepter of (AE)Egypt will depart.
12 And I will (AF)make them mighty in Yahweh,
And in His name (AG)they will walk,” declares Yahweh.

Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 10:1 Spring
  2. Zechariah 10:1 Or thunderbolts
  3. Zechariah 10:2 Lit a lie
  4. Zechariah 10:3 Or leaders
  5. Zechariah 10:4 Lit him
  6. Zechariah 10:4 Lit him
  7. Zechariah 10:4 Lit him
  8. Zechariah 10:4 Or war, cf. 9:10
  9. Zechariah 10:4 Lit him
  10. Zechariah 10:4 Or oppressor
  11. Zechariah 10:6 Or make them dwell
  12. Zechariah 10:7 Or Let their heart rejoice
  13. Zechariah 10:8 Lit numerous
  14. Zechariah 10:10 Lit And
  15. Zechariah 10:11 Or He
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