Zechariah 10
1 Ask ye of the Lord rain in season,
the early and the latter: the Lord has given bright signs, and will give them
aGr. stormy.abundant rain, to every one grass in the field.
2 For the speakers have uttered
grievous things, and the diviners have bOr, related.seen false visions, and they have spoken false
dreams, they have given vain comfort: therefore have they
cGr. been dried up.fallen away like sheep, and been afflicted, because there was no healing.
3 Mine anger was kindled against the
shepherds, and I will
dOr, oversee. or, look upon.visit the lambs; and the Lord God Almighty shall
eOr, oversee. or, look upon.visit his flock, the house of Juda, and he shall make them as his goodly
horse in war. 4 And from him he
looked, and from him he set the battle in order, and
from him came the bow in anger,
and from him shall come forth every
fLit. he that expels.oppressor together. 5 And they shall
be as warriors treading clay in the ways in war; and they shall set the battle
in array, because the Lord is with them, and the riders on horses shall be put
to shame.
6 And I will strengthen the house of
Juda, and save the house of Joseph, and I will settle them; because I have
loved them: and they shall be as if I had not cast
them off: for I am the Lord their God, and I will hear them.
7 And they shall be as the warriors of
Ephraim, and their heart shall rejoice as with wine: and their children also
shall see it, and be glad; and their heart shall
rejoice in the Lord. 8 I will make a
sign to them, and gather them in; for I will redeem them, and they shall be
multiplied according to their number before.
9 And I will sow them among the
people; and they that are afar off shall remember me: they shall nourish their
children, and they shall return.
10 And I will bring them again from
the land of Egypt, and I will gather them in from among the Assyrians; and I
will bring them into the land of Galaad and to Libanus; and there shall not
even one of them be left behind.
11 And they shall pass through a
narrow sea, they shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deep places of
the rivers shall be dried up: and all the pride of the Assyrians shall be
taken away, and the sceptre of Egypt shall be removed.
12 And I will strengthen them in the
Lord their God; and they shall boast in his name, saith the Lord.