Zechariah 10:7

7 The people of Israel will become like mighty warriors, and their hearts will be made happy as if by wine. Their children, too, will see it and be glad; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD .

Zechariah 10:7 Meaning and Commentary

Zechariah 10:7

And [they] of Ephraim shall be like a mighty [man]
What remain, and shall be found of the ten tribes, shall be as is said of Judah, or the Jews of the two tribes, ( Zechariah 10:5 ) : and their heart shall rejoice as through wine:
they shall be filled with inward and spiritual joy, through the love of God shed abroad in their heart; and through the Gospel of Christ having a place there; and through the blessings of divine grace, those streams of love, and which flow in the Gospel, and make glad the hearts of God's people; all which are comparable to wine: yea, their children shall see [it], and be glad;
they shall see the strength, victory, and salvation of their fathers, and the joy they shall be possessed of, and join with them in it, having a share in the same blessings they are partakers of: their heart shall rejoice in the Lord;
in the person and offices of Christ, who will now be known by the spiritual seed and offspring of the church, and in the great salvation wrought out by him, and in all the blessings of grace that accompany it. The Targum is,

``their heart shall rejoice in the word of the Lord;''

the essential Word, the Son of God.

Zechariah 10:7 In-Context

5 They will be like mighty warriors in battle, trampling their enemies in the mud under their feet. Since the LORD is with them as they fight, they will overthrow even the enemy’s horsemen.

6 “I will strengthen Judah and save Israel ; I will restore them because of my compassion. It will be as though I had never rejected them, for I am the LORD their God, who will hear their cries.

7 The people of Israel will become like mighty warriors, and their hearts will be made happy as if by wine. Their children, too, will see it and be glad; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD .

8 When I whistle to them, they will come running, for I have redeemed them. From the few who are left, they will grow as numerous as they were before.

9 Though I have scattered them like seeds among the nations, they will still remember me in distant lands. They and their children will survive and return again to Israel.

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew of Ephraim.