Zechariah 10:1-3
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 Armies has tended his flock,
the house of Judah;
he will make them like his majestic steed in battle.
Footnotes
- 10:3 Lit male goats
Zechariah 10:1-3
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.
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”
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