Zechariah 10

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Judah and Israel Will Be Restored

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.

¹Ask from YHWH the rain in the time of the spring rain; and YHWH, the One making the storm clouds, He will give to them the shower of rain, to each man the herb in the field.

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.

²For the teraphim speak delusion, and the diviners see deception, and they speak of dreams of emptiness; in vain they give comfort. Upon thus they set out like sheep; they are afflicted because there is no shepherd.

³“My anger burns against the shepherds,

and I will punish the leaders.^a

For the LORD of Hosts attends to His flock,

the house of Judah;

He will make them

like His royal steed in battle.

³“Against the shepherds, My anger is kindled; and against the he-goats, I lay a charge. But YHWH of Hosts will attend to His flock, the house of Judah, and He will set them as a horse of His splendor in the battle.

⁴The cornerstone will come from Judah,

the tent peg from him,

as well as the battle bow

and every ruler together.

⁴From him is the cornerstone, from him the tent peg, from him the bow of battle; from him comes every ruler together.

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.

⁵And they will be like mighty ones, trampling in the mud of the streets in the battle; and they will fight, for YHWH is with them, and they will put to shame the riders of horses.

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.

⁶And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and the house of Joseph I will save; and I will bring them back because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not cast them aside. For I am YHWH their God, and I will answer them.

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.

⁷And Ephraim will become like a mighty one, and their heart will be glad as with wine; and their children will see it and will be glad; their heart will rejoice in YHWH.

⁸I will whistle for them to gather,

for I have redeemed them;

and they will be as numerous

as they once were.

⁸I will whistle for them and gather them, for I have redeemed them; and they will be many, as they were many.

⁹Though I sow them among the nations,

they will remember Me in distant lands;

they and their children

will live and return.

⁹And I will sow them among the peoples, and in far-off places they will remember Me; and they will live together with their sons, and they will return.

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.

¹⁰And I will bring them back from the land of Egypt, and from Assyria I will gather them, and to the lands of Gilead and Lebanon I will bring them, until no place can be found for them.

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.

¹¹And He will pass through the sea of distress, and He will strike the waves of that sea, and He will dry up all the depths of the River. And the pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.

¹²I will strengthen them in the LORD,

and in His name they will walk,”

declares the LORD.

¹²And I will make them mighty in YHWH, and in His name they will walk,” a declaration of YHWH.