Zechariah 10:4-12
New American Standard Bible
4 From [a]them will come the (A)cornerstone,
From [b]them the tent peg,
From [c]them the bow of (B)battle,
From [d]them every tyrant, all of them together.
5 And they will be like warriors,
(C)Trampling down the enemy in the mud of the streets in battle;
And they will fight, because the Lord will be with them;
And the (D)riders on horses will be put to shame.
6 And I will (E)strengthen the house of Judah,
And I will (F)save the house of Joseph,
And I will [e](G)bring them back,
Because I have had (H)compassion on them;
And they will be as though I had (I)not rejected them,
For I am the Lord their God and I will (J)answer them.
7 Ephraim will be like a warrior,
And their heart will be joyful as if from wine;
Indeed, their (K)children will see it and be joyful,
[f]Their heart will rejoice in the Lord.
8 I will (L)whistle for them and gather them together,
For I have redeemed them;
And they will be as (M)numerous as they [g](N)were before.
9 When I [h]scatter them among the peoples,
They will (O)remember Me in distant countries,
And they with their children will live and come back.
10 I will (P)bring them back from the land of Egypt
And gather them from Assyria;
And I will bring them into the land of (Q)Gilead and Lebanon
[i]Until (R)no room can be found for them.
11 And they will pass through the (S)sea of distress
And He will strike the waves in the sea,
So that all the depths of the (T)Nile will dry up;
And the pride of (U)Assyria will be brought down,
And the scepter of (V)Egypt will depart.
12 And I will (W)strengthen them in the Lord,
And in His name (X)they will walk,” declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Zechariah 10:4 Lit him
- Zechariah 10:4 Lit him
- Zechariah 10:4 Lit him
- Zechariah 10:4 Lit him
- Zechariah 10:6 Another reading is have them dwell
- Zechariah 10:7 Or Let their heart rejoice
- Zechariah 10:8 Lit were numerous
- Zechariah 10:9 Lit sow
- Zechariah 10:10 Lit And
Zechariah 10:4-12
New Living Translation
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[a];
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[b] 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,[c]
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[d] I will make my people strong,
and by my authority they will go wherever they wish.
I, the Lord, have spoken!”
New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.
Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
