Zechariah 10

CHAPTER 10

Yahweh Will Redeem Judah and Israel

¹Ask ^arain from Yahweh at the time of the ¹late rain—

Yahweh who ^bmakes the ²storm clouds;

And He will give them ^cshowers of rain, the plant in the field to each man.

²For the ^ateraphim speak wickedness,

And the ^bdiviners behold ¹false visions

And speak ^cworthless dreams;

They comfort in vain.

Therefore the people journey like ^dsheep;

They are afflicted because there is no shepherd.

³“My ^aanger burns against the shepherds,

And I will visit punishment upon the ¹male goats;

For Yahweh of hosts has ^bvisited His flock, the house of Judah,

And will make them like His splendid horse in battle.

⁴“From ¹them will come the ^acornerstone,

From ²them the tent peg,

From ³them the bow of ^4bbattle,

From ⁵them every good ⁶taskmaster, all of them together.

⁵“And they will be as mighty men,

^aTreading down the enemy in the mire of the streets in battle;

And they will battle, for Yahweh will be with them;

And the ^briders on horses will be put to shame.

⁶“I will ^amake the house of Judah mighty,

And I will ^bsave the house of Joseph,

And I will ^1ccause them to return,

Because I have had ^dcompassion on them;

And they will be as though I had ^enot rejected them,

For I am Yahweh their God, and I will ^fanswer them.

⁷“And Ephraim will be like a mighty man,

And their heart will be glad as if from wine;

Indeed, their ^achildren will see it and be glad;

¹Their heart will rejoice in Yahweh.

⁸“I will ^awhistle for them to gather them together,

For I have redeemed them;

And they will be as ^bnumerous as they ^cwere ¹before.

⁹“And I will sow them among the peoples,

And they will ^aremember Me in far countries,

And they with their children will live and turn back.

¹⁰“Then I will cause them to ^areturn from the land of Egypt

And gather them from Assyria;

And I will bring them into the land of ^bGilead and Lebanon

¹Until ^cno room can be found for them.

¹¹“And ¹they will pass through the ^asea of distress,

And He will strike the waves in the sea,

So that all the depths of the ^bNile will dry up;

And the pride of ^cAssyria will be brought down,

And the scepter of ^dEgypt will depart.

¹²“And I will ^amake them mighty in Yahweh,

And in His name ^bthey will walk,” declares Yahweh.