Zechariah 10

 

שַׁאֲלוּ מֵיְהוָה מָטָר בְּעֵת מַלְקוֹשׁ יְהוָה עֹשֶׂה חֲזִיזִים וּמְטַר־גֶּשֶׁם יִתֵּן לָהֶם לְאִישׁ עֵשֶׂב בַּשָּׂדֶה׃   10:1

Zech. 10:1   Ask rain from the Lord

                              at the time of the latter rain;

                       the Lord will be forming thunderclouds

                              and grant a shower of rain to them,

                       for each blade of grass in the field.

כִּי הַתְּרָפִים דִּבְּרוּ־אָוֶן וְהַקּוֹסְמִים חָזוּ שֶׁקֶר וַחֲלֹמוֹת הַשָּׁוא יְדַבֵּרוּ הֶבֶל יְנַחֵמוּן עַל־כֵּן נָסְעוּ   10:2          כְמוֹ־צֹאן יַעֲנוּ כִּי־אֵין רֹעֶה׃

Zech. 10:2   If the teraphim spoke of wickedness and diviners,

                              saw falsehood and vanity,

                      could express dreams of emptiness,

                              they might be comforting.

                      For this reason they go about like sheep;

                              they respond as if there were no shepherd.

Teraphim, you may remember, were the idols commonly found among pagans as well as the children of Israel.  See Gene. 31:19 and 1Sam. 19:23.

עַל־הָרֹעִים חָרָה אַפִּי וְעַל־הָעַתּוּדִים אֶפְקוֹד כִּי־פָקַד יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת אֶת־עֶדְרוֹ אֶת־בֵּית יְהוּדָה וְשָׂם   10:3 אוֹתָם כְּסוּס הוֹדוֹ בַּמִּלְחָמָה׃

Zech. 10:3   “My ‘anger’ is kindled against the shepherds,

                              and I shall visit punishment upon the chief ones.”

                      For the Lord of hosts musters His flock, the house of Judah,

                              and will set them as the chariot horse of His majesty in battle.

מִמֶּנּוּ פִנָּה מִמֶּנּוּ יָתֵד מִמֶּנּוּ קֶשֶׁת מִלְחָמָה מִמֶּנּוּ יֵצֵא כָל־נוֹגֵשׂ יַחְדָּו׃   10:4

Zech. 10:4   From it, the corner;

                              from it, the stake;

                      from it, the bow of war;

                              from it every taskmaster shall come forth together.

וְהָיוּ כְגִבֹּרִים בּוֹסִים בְּטִיט חוּצוֹת בַּמִּלְחָמָה וְנִלְחֲמוּ כִּי יְהוָה עִמָּם וְהֹבִישׁוּ רֹכְבֵי סוּסִים׃   10:5

Zech. 10:5   And they shall be as mighty men,

                               treading in the mire of the streets in the battle,

                       and they shall make war,

                               because the Lord is with them

                       that the riders of horses will be confused.

וְגִבַּרְתִּי אֶת־בֵּית יְהוּדָה וְאֶת־בֵּית יוֹסֵף אוֹשִׁיעַ וְהוֹשְׁבוֹתִים כִּי רִחַמְתִּים וְהָיוּ כַּאֲשֶׁר לֹא־זְנַחְתִּים   10:6     כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵיהֶם וְאֶעֱנֵם׃

Zech. 10:6   “And I shall strengthen the house of Judah,

                                and deliver the house of Joseph,

                       and I shall restore them,

                                because I have compassion on them,

                       and they shall be as if I had not cast them off,

                                for I am the Lord, their God, and I will answer them.”

וְהָיוּ כְגִבּוֹר אֶפְרַיִם וְשָׂמַח לִבָּם כְּמוֹ־יָיִן וּבְנֵיהֶם יִרְאוּ וְשָׂמֵחוּ יָגֵל לִבָּם בַּיהוָה׃   10:7

Zech. 10:7   “And they of Ephraim shall be as a mighty one,

                                and their heart shall rejoice as of wine,

                       and their children shall see,

                                and they shall rejoice;

                        their heart shall be glad because of the Lord.”

אֶשְׁרְקָה לָהֶם וַאֲקַבְּצֵם כִּי פְדִיתִים וְרָבוּ כְּמוֹ רָבוּ׃   10:8

Zech. 10:8   “I will hiss for them and will gather them,

                                 for I redeem them,

                       and they shall be great as they had been.”

וְאֶזְרָעֵם בָּעַמִּים וּבַמֶּרְחַקִּים יִזְכְּרוּנִי וְחָיוּ אֶת־בְּנֵיהֶם וָשָׁבוּ׃   10:9

Zech. 10:9   “Still I shall scatter their seed throughout the nations,

                                but in the distant places they shall remember Me,

                      and they shall be with their children;

                                 then they shall return.”

וַהֲשִׁיבוֹתִים מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם וּמֵאַשּׁוּר אֲקַבְּצֵם וְאֶל־אֶרֶץ גִּלְעָד וּלְבָנוֹן אֲבִיאֵם וְלֹא יִמָּצֵא לָהֶם׃   10:10

Zech. 10:10   “And I shall bring them back from the land of Egypt

                                 and gather them from Assyria,

                         and I will bring them to the land of Gilead and of Lebanon,

                                 and it will not be enough for them.”

I assume that the land of Gilead and Lebanon will not be enough for the Jews because they will be so numerous.

וְעָבַר בַּיָּם צָרָה וְהִכָּה בַיָּם גַּלִּים וְהֹבִישׁוּ כֹּל מְצוּלוֹת יְאֹר וְהוּרַד גְּאוֹן אַשּׁוּר וְשֵׁבֶט מִצְרַיִם   10:11       

 יָסוּר׃

Zech. 10:11   “And affliction shall pass into the sea

                                 that the waves on the sea will smite,

                         and all the depths of the Nile shall dry up,

                                 and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down,

                         and the scepter of Egypt shall disappear.”

וְגִבַּרְתִּים בַּיהוָה וּבִשְׁמוֹ יִתְהַלָּכוּ נְאֻם יְהוָה׃   10:12

Zech. 10:12   “And I will make them strong in the Lord,

                                 and in His name they shall go about,”

                         declares the Lord.

 

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