Zec 10 | NASB1995 | STEP | Ask rain from the Lord at the time of the spring rain — The Lord who makes the storm clouds ; And He will give them showers of rain , vegetation in the field to each man .

Zechariah 10

God Will Bless Judah and Ephraim

1 Ask ^arain from the Lord at the time of the spring rain— The Lord who ^bmakes the ^{▼▼ Or thunderbolts}storm clouds;
And He will give them ^dshowers of rain, vegetation in the field to each man.
2 For the ^eteraphim speak ^{▼▼ Or futility}iniquity,
And the ^gdiviners see ^{▼▼ Lit a lie}lying visions
And tell ⁱfalse dreams;
They comfort in vain.
Therefore the people ^{▼▼ Lit journey}wander like ^ksheep,
They are afflicted, because there is no shepherd.
3 “My ^langer is kindled against the shepherds,
And I will punish the ^{▼▼ I.e. leaders}male goats;
For the Lord of hosts has ⁿvisited His flock, the house of Judah,
And will make them like His majestic horse in battle.
4 “From ^{▼▼ Lit him}them will come the ^pcornerstone,
From ^{▼▼ Lit him}them the tent peg,
From ^{▼▼ Lit him}them the bow of ^sbattle,
From ^{▼▼ Lit him}them every ^{▼▼ Or oppressor}ruler, all of them together.
5 “They will be as mighty men,
^vTreading down the enemy in the mire of the streets in battle;
And they will fight, for the Lord will be with them;
And the ^wriders on horses will be put to shame.
6 “I will ^xstrengthen the house of Judah,
And I will ^ysave the house of Joseph,
And I will ^{▼▼ Or make them dwell
,} ^aabring them back,
Because I have had ^abcompassion on them;
And they will be as though I had ^acnot rejected them,
For I am the Lord their God and I will ^adanswer them.
7 “Ephraim will be like a mighty man,
And their heart will be glad as if from wine;
Indeed, their ^aechildren will see it and be glad,
^{▼▼ Or Let their heart rejoice}Their heart will rejoice in the Lord.
8 “I will ^agwhistle for them to gather them together,
For I have redeemed them;
And they will be as ^ahnumerous as they ^{▼▼ Lit were numerous
,} ^ajwere before.
9 “When I ^{▼▼ Lit sow}scatter them among the peoples,
They will ^alremember Me in far countries,
And they with their children will live and come back.
10 “I will ^ambring them back from the land of Egypt
And gather them from Assyria;
And I will bring them into the land of ^anGilead and Lebanon
^{▼▼ Lit And}Until ^apno room can be found for them.
11 “And they will pass through the ^aqsea of distress
And He will strike the waves in the sea,
So that all the depths of the ^arNile will dry up;
And the pride of ^asAssyria will be brought down
And the scepter of ^atEgypt will depart.
12 “And I will ^austrengthen them in the Lord,
And in His name ^avthey will walk,” declares the Lord.