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The Lord’s People Will Be Victorious

10 Ask Yahweh for rain in the springtime.
    Yahweh makes thunderstorms.
    He gives everyone rain showers for the plants in the field.
The idols speak lies.
    The fortunetellers see false visions.
        They speak about false dreams.
            They give useless comfort.
    That is why people wander around like sheep.
    They are troubled because there is no shepherd.

“My burning anger is directed against the shepherds.
    I will punish the male goats.
        Yahweh Tsebaoth takes care of his flock, the people of Judah.
            He makes them like his splendid war horse.”

From them will come a cornerstone,
    from them a tent peg,
        from them a battle bow,
            from them every leader.
Together they will be like warriors
    who trample the enemy in the mud on the streets.
    They will fight because Yahweh is with them.
    They will put to shame those who ride on horses.

“I will strengthen the people of Judah.
    I will rescue Joseph’s people.
    I will bring them back, because I have compassion for them.
    It will be as though I had never rejected them,
        because I am Yahweh their Elohim, and I will answer them.
The people of Ephraim will be like mighty warriors.
    Their hearts will be glad as if they had some wine to drink.
    Their sons will see it and be glad.
    Their hearts will find joy in Yahweh.
I will signal them with a whistle
    and gather them because I have reclaimed them.
        They will be as numerous as they have ever been.
Although I have scattered them among the nations,
    they will remember me even in faraway places.
        They will live with their children and then return.
10 I will bring them back from Egypt.
    I will gather them from Assyria.
    I will bring them to Gilead and to Lebanon,
    and there won’t be enough room for them.”

11 Yahweh will pass through a sea of distress,
    strike the waves in the sea,
        and dry up all the deep places of the Nile River.
    The pride of Assyria will be humiliated,
    and the scepter of Egypt will depart.

12 “I will strengthen them in Yahweh.
    They will live in his name,” declares Yahweh.

The Lord Will Care for Judah

10 Ask the Lord for rain in the springtime;
    it is the Lord who sends the thunderstorms.
He gives showers of rain(A) to all people,
    and plants of the field(B) to everyone.
The idols(C) speak deceitfully,
    diviners(D) see visions that lie;
they tell dreams(E) that are false,
    they give comfort in vain.(F)
Therefore the people wander like sheep
    oppressed for lack of a shepherd.(G)

“My anger burns against the shepherds,
    and I will punish the leaders;(H)
for the Lord Almighty will care
    for his flock, the people of Judah,
    and make them like a proud horse in battle.(I)
From Judah will come the cornerstone,(J)
    from him the tent peg,(K)
from him the battle bow,(L)
    from him every ruler.
Together they[a] will be like warriors in battle
    trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets.(M)
They will fight because the Lord is with them,
    and they will put the enemy horsemen to shame.(N)

“I will strengthen(O) Judah
    and save the tribes of Joseph.
I will restore them
    because I have compassion(P) on them.(Q)
They will be as though
    I had not rejected them,
for I am the Lord their God
    and I will answer(R) them.
The Ephraimites will become like warriors,
    and their hearts will be glad as with wine.(S)
Their children will see it and be joyful;
    their hearts will rejoice(T) in the Lord.
I will signal(U) for them
    and gather them in.
Surely I will redeem them;
    they will be as numerous(V) as before.
Though I scatter them among the peoples,
    yet in distant lands they will remember me.(W)
They and their children will survive,
    and they will return.
10 I will bring them back from Egypt
    and gather them from Assyria.(X)
I will bring them to Gilead(Y) and Lebanon,
    and there will not be room(Z) enough for them.
11 They will pass through the sea of trouble;
    the surging sea will be subdued
    and all the depths of the Nile will dry up.(AA)
Assyria’s pride(AB) will be brought down
    and Egypt’s scepter(AC) will pass away.(AD)
12 I will strengthen(AE) them in the Lord
    and in his name they will live securely,(AF)
declares the Lord.

Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 10:5 Or ruler, all of them together. / They