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The Lord Will Provide

10 Ask the Lord, who makes storm clouds,
    to give rain at the right time for the spring rains,
    and he will provide showers of rain,
    and there will be crops in the field for everyone.

But household gods speak wicked deception,
    and the omen readers see illusions.
    They report trivial dreams
    and give false comfort.
    That is why the people wander like sheep.
    They are in trouble[a] because they have no shepherd.

The Lord’s Warning and Promise

My anger burns against the shepherds,
    and I will punish the leaders of the flock,
    because the Lord of Armies cares for his flock, the house of Judah,
    and he will make them like his majestic horse in battle.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 10:2 Or are miserable

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.
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.
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.

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 10:2 Hebrew teraphim
  2. Zechariah 10:2 Or “flocks”; the Hebrew term refers collectively to both sheep and goats (small livestock animals)
  3. Zechariah 10:3 Literally “My nose becomes hot”
  4. Zechariah 10:3 Or “male goats”
  5. Zechariah 10:3 Or “herd”