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    Zechariah · 12 verses

    Zechariah 10

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    The LORD promises to gather a scattered people with a whistle—and then bring them back until Gilead and Lebanon have no room left.

    Rain, shepherds, and a battle steedvv. 1–5

    The chapter opens with rain requested in springtime, while the LORD makes the storm clouds and gives showers and crops. Against that plain weather comes the less fruitful speech of idols and diviners, whose deceit, illusions, false dreams, and empty comfort leave the people wandering like sheep without a shepherd. The LORD’s anger falls on the shepherds and leaders, but Judah is taken up as His flock and made like a royal steed in battle: cornerstone, tent peg, bow, and rulers all arriving from the same quarter. The resulting army tramples the enemy in the mire and puts the horsemen to shame, which is a remarkably muddy end for a prophecy that began with rain.

    The whistle and the overflowing returnvv. 6–12

    The LORD then turns from battle to restoration. He strengthens Judah, saves Joseph, and says compassion has altered the condition of the rejected; Ephraim becomes mighty, and its children rejoice. The gathering itself is done by whistle—an unexpectedly homely summons placed beside redemption—and the people, once sown among the nations, remember the LORD in distant lands. They return from Egypt and Assyria to Gilead and Lebanon until there is no room left for them. Even the journey is dramatic: the sea of distress is crossed, the waves are struck, the depths of the Nile dry up, Assyria’s pride is brought down, and Egypt’s scepter departs. The final movement is a walk in the LORD’s name, after all that gathering.

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    1. Zech 10:1Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field.

    2. Zech 10:2For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.

    3. Zech 10:3“My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders. For the LORD of Hosts attends to His flock, the house of Judah; He will make them like His royal steed in battle.

    4. Zech 10:4The cornerstone will come from Judah, the tent peg from him, as well as the battle bow and every ruler together.

    5. Zech 10:5They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.

    6. Zech 10:6I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them.

    7. Zech 10:7Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.

    8. Zech 10:8I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.

    9. Zech 10:9Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return.

    10. Zech 10:10I will bring them back from Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon until no more room is found for them.

    11. Zech 10:11They will pass through the sea of distress and strike the waves of the sea; all the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.

    12. Zech 10:12I will strengthen them in the LORD, and in His name they will walk,” declares the LORD.

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    Where this is echoed

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    • 6Zechariah 10:12I will strengthen them in the LORD, and in His name they will walk,” declares the LORD.
    • 12Isaiah 2:5Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
    • 6Zechariah 13:9This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
    • 12Micah 4:5Though all the nations may walk in the name of their gods, yet we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.
    • 12Zechariah 10:6I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them.
    • 1James 5:16–18Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.
    • 122 Timothy 2:1You therefore, my child, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
    • 12Colossians 2:6Therefore, just as you have received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to walk in Him,
    • 12Philippians 4:13I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
    • 1Matthew 7:7–8Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
    • 6Zephaniah 3:19–20Behold, at that time, I will deal with all who afflict you. I will save the lame and gather the scattered; and I will appoint praise and fame for the disgraced throughout the earth.
    • 6Jeremiah 3:18In those days the house of Judah will walk with the house of Israel, and they will come together from the land of the north to the land that I gave to your fathers as an inheritance.
    • 121 John 1:6–7If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
    • 1Deuteronomy 28:23The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.
    • 1John 16:23In that day you will no longer ask Me anything. Truly, truly, I tell you, whatever you ask the Father in My name, He will give you.
    • 1Psalms 65:9You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.

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