Zechariah 10

1 Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field.

2 For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.

3 “My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders. For the LORD of Hosts attends to His flock, the house of Judah; He will make them like His royal steed in battle.

4 The cornerstone will come from Judah, the tent peg from him, as well as the battle bow and every ruler together.

5 They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.

6 I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have 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 mighty man, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.

8 I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.

9 Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return.

10 I will bring them back from Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon until no more room is found for them.

11 They will pass through the sea of distress and strike the waves of the sea; all the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.

12 I will strengthen them in the LORD, and in His name they will walk,” declares the LORD.

1 ¶ Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; [so] the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

2 For the idols have spoken vanity, and the diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain: therefore they went their way as a flock, they were troubled, because [there was] no shepherd.

3 Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds, and I punished the goats: for the LORD of hosts hath visited his flock the house of Judah, and hath made them as his goodly horse in the battle.

4 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.

5 ¶ And they shall be as mighty [men], which tread down [their enemies] in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD [is] with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as though I had not cast them off: for I [am] the LORD their God, and will hear them.

7 And [they of] Ephraim shall be like a mighty [man], and their heart shall rejoice as through wine: yea, their children shall see [it], and be glad; their heart shall rejoice in the LORD.

8 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.

9 And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their children, and turn again.

10 I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and [place] shall not be found for them.

11 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.

12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.

1 Ask ye therefore of the LORD the rain of the sparrows, and the LORD will make clouds, and give you rain sufficient for all the increase of the field.

2 For the idols speak vain things, and the diviners see vain lies, and speak vain dreams, and their comfort is nothing: therefore they go astray like a flock, and faint, because there is no shepherd.

3 My wrath is kindled against the shepherds, and I will punish the goats: for the LORD of hosts will punish his flock, even the house of Judah, and will make them as a horse of war.

4 The corners, and the nails, and the bows, and the beaters, shall all come away from them.

5 And yet they shall be as the giants that tread the mire in the street in the battle, and shall fight: for the LORD will be with them, that the horsemen shall be put to shame.

6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and deliver the house of Joseph, and will restore them; for I have mercy upon them: and they shall be as they were, when I had not cast them off. For I the LORD their God will hear them.

7 And Ephraim shall be as a giant, and her heart shall be glad as of wine: and her children shall see it, and rejoice that her heart is glad in the LORD.

8 I will blow unto them, and gather them: for I will redeem them, and they shall multiply as they have multiplied before.

9 And I will sow them among the nations, and they shall remember me in far countries: and they shall live with their children, and return.

10 For I will bring them again out of the land of Egypt, and will gather them out of Assyria, and will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon, that there shall not be room for them.

11 And he shall pass through the sea of fear, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the depths of the waters shall dry up. Then shall the glory of Assyria be cut off, and the sceptre of Egypt shall cease.

12 I will strengthen them in the LORD, and they shall walk in his name, saith the LORD.