Zechariah
10:1 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.
10:2 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.
10:3 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.
10:4 Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the
battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.
10:5 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.
10:6 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.
10:7 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.
10:8 I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and
they shall increase as they have increased.
10:9 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.
10:10 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.
10:11 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.
10:12 And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down
in his name, saith the LORD.
