Zec 10:8-11 | NETfull | STEP | I will signal for them and gather them, for I have already redeemed them; then they will become as numerous as they were before.

Zechariah 10:8-11

8 I will signal for them and gather them, for I have already redeemed them; then they will become as numerous as they were before. 9 Though I scatter ^{▼▼ Or “sow” (so KJV, ASV). The imagery is taken from the sowing of seed by hand.} them among the nations, they will remember in far-off places – they and their children will sprout forth and return. 10 I will bring them back from Egypt and gather them from Assyria. ^{▼▼ I will bring them back from Egypt…from Assyria. The gathering of God’s people to their land in eschatological times will be like a reenactment of the exodus, but this time they will come from all over the world (cf. Isa 40:3–5; 43:1–7, 14–21; 48:20–22; 51:9–11).} I will bring them to the lands of Gilead and Lebanon, for there will not be enough room for them in their own land. 11 The Lord ^{▼▼ Heb “he,” in which case the referent is the Lord. This reading is followed by KJV, ASV, NAB (which renders it as first person), and NASB. The LXX reads “they,” referring to the Israelites themselves, a reading followed by many modern English versions (e.g., NIV, NRSV, TEV, NLT).} will cross the sea of storms and will calm its turbulence. The depths of the Nile will dry up, the pride of Assyria will be humbled, and the domination ^{▼▼ Heb “scepter,” referring by metonymy to the dominating rule of Egypt (cf. NLT).} of Egypt will be no more.