Zechariah 10:1

Zechariah 10:1

Restoration of Judah and Israel

1 Ask ^athe Lord for ^brain
In ^cthe time of the latter rain.
The Lord will make¹ flashing clouds;
He will give them showers of rain,
Grass in the field for everyone.

2 For the ^aidols speak delusion;
The diviners envision ^blies,
And tell false dreams;
They ^ccomfort in vain.
Therefore the people wend their way like ^dsheep;
They are¹ in trouble ^ebecause there is no shepherd.

3 “My anger is kindled against the ^ashepherds,
^bAnd I will punish the¹ goatherds.
For the Lord of hosts ^cwill visit His flock,
The house of Judah,
And ^dwill make them as His royal horse in the battle.

4 From him comes ^athe cornerstone,
From him ^bthe tent peg,
From him the battle bow,
From him every¹ ruler together.

5 They shall be like mighty men,
Who ^atread down their enemies
In the mire of the streets in the battle.
They shall fight because the Lord is with them,
And the riders on horses shall be put to shame.

6 “I will strengthen the house of Judah,
And I will save the house of Joseph.
^aI will bring them back,
Because I ^bhave mercy on them.
They shall be as though I had not cast them aside;
For I am the Lord their God,
And I ^cwill hear them.

7 Those of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man,
And their ^aheart shall rejoice as if with wine.
Yes, their children shall see it and be glad;
Their heart shall rejoice in the Lord.

8 I will ^awhistle for them and gather them,
For I will redeem them;
^bAnd they shall increase as they once increased.

9 “I^a will sow them among the peoples,
And they shall ^bremember Me in far countries;
They shall live, together with their children,
And they shall return.

10 ^aI will also bring them back from the land of Egypt,
And gather them from Assyria.
I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon,
^bUntil no more room is found for them.

11 ^aHe shall pass through the sea with affliction,
And strike the waves of the sea:
All the depths of¹ the River shall dry up.
Then ^bthe pride of Assyria shall be brought down,
And ^cthe scepter of Egypt shall depart.

12 “So I will strengthen them in the Lord,
And ^athey shall walk up and down in His name,”
Says the Lord.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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PRAYER AND PROMISE. (Zechariah 10:1-12)

Ask . . . rain—on which the abundance of "corn" promised by the Lord (Zechariah 9:17) depends. Jehovah alone can give it, and will give it on being asked (Jeremiah 10:13; Jeremiah 14:22).

rain in . . . time of . . . latter rain—that is, the latter rain in its due time, namely, in spring, about February or March (Job 29:23; Joel 2:23). The latter rain ripened the grain, as the former rain in October tended to fructify the seed. Including all temporal blessings; these again being types of spiritual ones. Though God has begun to bless us, we are not to relax our prayers. The former rain of conversion may have been given, but we must also ask for the latter rain of ripened sanctification. Though at Pentecost there was a former rain on the Jewish Church, a latter rain is still to be looked for, when the full harvest of the nation's conversion shall be gathered in to God. The spirit of prayer in the Church is an index at once of her piety, and of the spiritual blessings she may expect from God. When the Church is full of prayer, God pours out a full blessing.

bright clouds—rather, "lightnings," the precursors of rain [MAURER].

showers of rain—literally, "rain of heavy rain." In Job 37:6 the same words occur in inverted order [HENDERSON].

grass—a general term, including both corn for men and grass for cattle.

**Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Zechariah 10:1:**

Job 28:26
Jeremiah 14:22
Zechariah 10:1
Zechariah 10:2

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