Zecharyah 10

1Ask ye of Hashem rain in the time of the latter rain;

from Hashem who makes the storm clouds,

and gives them showers of rain,

to every one esev#10:1 Gn 1:12 in the sadeh.

2For the terafim (idols) have spoken aven (deceit, nothing),

and the diviners#10:2 i.e., fortune tellers envision sheker,

and have told false chalomot (dreams);

hevel is their comfort;

therefore the people wander like sheep,

oppressed for lack of a ro'eh (shepherd).

3Mine anger was kindled against the ro'im (shepherds),

and I punished the attudim (he-goats, leaders);

for Hashem Tzva'os hath visited His eder (flock),

Bais Yehudah,

and hath made them like His majestic war horse.

4From him#10:4 Yehudah will come forth the Pinnah (Cornerstone),#10:4 i.e., Moshiach, Isa 28:16; Gn 49:10

from him, the Yated (Tent Peg),#10:4 support, i.e. leader of the people, Isa 22:23-24

from him, the Keshet Milchamah (battle bow),#10:4 Ps 45:5

from him every ruler.

5Together they#10:5 Bais Yehudah, (10:3) shall be like gibborim,

which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the milchamah;

and they shall fight, because Hashem is with them,

and they shall overthrow the riders on susim.

6And I will strengthen the Bais Yehudah,

and I will save the Bais Yosef,

and I will restore them; for I have rachamim upon them;

and they shall be as though I had not rejected them;

for I am Hashem Eloheihem, and I will answer them.

7And they of Ephrayim shall be like a gibbor (mighty man),

and their lev shall have simcha as through yayin;

yea, their banim shall see, and have simcha,

and their lev shall rejoice in Hashem.

8I will whistle for them, and I will gather them in;

for I have redeemed them;

and they shall multiply as they have multiplied.

9And I will sow them among the peoples;

and they shall remember Me in far countries;

and they shall survive and live with their banim,

and they will return.

10I will bring them back again also out of Eretz Mitzrayim,

and gather them out of Assyria;

and I will bring them into the Eretz Gil'ad and Levanon;

until no more room shall be found for them.

11And He#10:11 Hashem shall pass through the yam of tzarah,

and shall strike the waves in the yam,

and all the depths of the Nile shall dry up;

and the ga'on (pride) of Assyria shall be cast down,

and the shevet (scepter)#10:11 i.e., power of Mitzrayim shall depart.

12And I will strengthen them#10:12 Ephrayim (10:7) in Hashem;

and they shall walk in Shmo (His Name), saith Hashem.

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Zechariah 10

The Lord Restores His People

1Ask 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.#Dt 28:12; Is 30:23; Jr 51:16

2For the idols speak falsehood,

and the diviners#Jr 27:9; Mc 3:7 see illusions;

they relate empty dreams

and offer empty comfort.

Therefore the people wander like sheep;

they suffer affliction because there is no shepherd.

3My anger burns against the shepherds,

so I will punish the leaders.#10:3 Lit male goats

For the Lord of Armies has tended his flock,

the house of Judah;

he will make them like his majestic steed in battle.

4The cornerstone,#Jdg 20:2; 1Sm 14:38; Ps 118:22; Is 28:16 the tent peg,#Jdg 4:21

the battle bow,#2Kg 13:15–17; Rv 6:2 and every ruler —

all will go out from him together.

5They 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.

6I will strengthen the house of Judah

and deliver the house of Joseph.#10:6 = the northern kingdom

I will restore#10:6 Other Hb mss, LXX read settle them

because I have compassion on them,

and they will be

as though I had never rejected them.#Ps 103:12

For I am the Lord their God,

and I will answer them.

7Ephraim#Is 7:8 will be like a warrior,

and their hearts will be glad as if with wine.

Their children will see it and be glad;#Ex 4:14; Ps 16:9

their hearts will rejoice in the Lord.

8I will whistle#Is 5:26; 7:18 and gather them

because I have redeemed#Ex 13:13; 21:8; 34:20; Jb 5:20; Ps 130:8; Is 51:11; Mc 6:4 them;

they will be as numerous as they once were.

9Though I sow#Gn 26:12; Ex 23:16; Ps 126:5 them among the nations,

they will remember#Gn 40:23; Jos 1:13 me in the distant lands;

they and their children will live and return.

10I will bring them back from the land of Egypt

and gather them from Assyria.

I will bring them to the land of Gilead#Gn 31:21; Dt 34:1; Ps 60:7

and to Lebanon,

but it will not be enough for them.

11The Lord#10:11 Lit He will pass through the sea of distress

and strike the waves of the sea;

all the depths of the Nile will dry up.#Gn 8:7; Jos 2:10; 4:23; 1Kg 17:7; Jb 12:15; Ps 74:15; Pr 17:22

The pride of Assyria will be brought down,

and the scepter of Egypt will come to an end.

12I will strengthen#Zch 10:6 them in the Lord,

and they will march#Jos 6:3; Ps 68:7; Jr 46:9 in his name —

this is the Lord’s declaration.

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