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Zechariah 10:3
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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. 
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Zechariah 10:3

against the shepherds—the civil rulers of Israel and Judah who abetted idolatry.

punished—literally, "visited upon." The same word "visited," without the upon, is presently after used in a good sense to heighten the contrast.

goats—he-goats. As "shepherds" described what they ought to have been, so "he-goats" describes what they were, the emblem of headstrong wantonness and offensive lust (Isaiah 14:9, Margin; Ezekiel 34:17; Daniel 8:5; Matthew 25:33). The he-goats head the flock. They who are first in crime will be first in punishment.

visited—in mercy (Luke 1:68).

as his goodly horse—In Zechariah 9:13 they were represented under the image of bows and arrows, here under that of their commander-in-chief, Jehovah's battle horse (Song of Solomon 1:9). God can make His people, timid though they be as sheep, courageous as the charger. The general rode on the most beautiful and richly caparisoned, and had his horse tended with the greatest care. Jehovah might cast off the Jews for their vileness, but He regards His election or adoption of them: whence He calls them here "His flock," and therefore saves them.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Zechariah 10:3:

Isaiah 14:9
Jeremiah 25:34
Ezekiel 34:17
Zechariah 10:1
Zechariah 10:5
Zechariah 10:7

 

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