Zechariah 10

God Will Bless Judah and Ephraim

¹Ask for rain from the Lord at the time of the spring rain—

The Lord who makes the storm winds;

And He will give them showers of rain, vegetation in the field to each person.

²For the household idols speak deception,[#10:2 Heb teraphim]

And the diviners see an illusion

And tell deceitful dreams;

They comfort in vain.

Therefore the people wander like sheep,

They are wretched because there is no shepherd.

³“My anger is kindled against the shepherds,

And I will punish the male goats;

For the Lord of armies has visited His flock, the house of Judah,

And will make them like His majestic horse in battle.

⁴“From them will come the cornerstone,[#10:4 Lit him]

From them the tent peg,

From them the bow of battle,

From them every tyrant, all of them together.

⁵“And they will be like warriors,

Trampling down the enemy in the mud of the streets in battle;

And they will fight, because the Lord will be with them;

And the riders on horses will be put to shame.

⁶“And I will strengthen the house of Judah,

And I will save the house of Joseph,

And I will bring them back,

Because I have had 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“Ephraim will be like a warrior,

And their heart will be joyful as if from wine;

Indeed, their children will see it and be joyful,

Their heart will rejoice in the Lord .

⁸“I will whistle for them and gather them together,

For I have redeemed them;

And they will be as numerous as they were before.

⁹“When I scatter them among the peoples,[#10:9 Lit sow]

They will remember Me in distant countries,

And they with their children will live and come back.

¹⁰“I will bring them back from the land of Egypt

And gather them from Assyria;

And I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon

Until no room can be found for them.

¹¹“And they will pass through the sea of distress

And He will strike the waves in the sea,

So that all the depths of the Nile will dry up;

And the pride of Assyria will be brought down,

And the scepter of Egypt will depart.

¹²“And I will strengthen them in the Lord ,

And in His name they will walk,” declares the Lord .