Zechariah 10:1-7

The LORD Will Care for Judah

1 Ask the LORD for rain in the springtime; it is the LORD who sends the thunderstorms. He gives showers of rain to all people, and plants of the field to everyone.

2 The idols speak deceitfully, diviners see visions that lie; they tell dreams that are false, they give comfort in vain. 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 Almighty will care for his flock, the people of Judah, and make them like a proud horse in battle.

4 From Judah will come the cornerstone, from him the tent peg, from him the battle bow, from him every ruler.

5 Together they^[a] will be like warriors in battle trampling their enemy into the mud of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the enemy horsemen to shame.

6 “I will strengthen Judah and save the tribes of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them. They will be as though I had not rejected them, for I am the LORD their God and I will answer them.

7 The Ephraimites will become like warriors, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.

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Zechariah 10:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO ZECHARIAH 10

This chapter is a prophecy of the conversion of the Jews in the latter day, when the fulness of the Gentiles is brought in, spoken of in the preceding chapter Zec 9:1-17. It begins with an exhortation to ask rain of the Lord; denounces wrath upon his enemies; and consists of various promises to his people. The exhortation to ask rain is in Zec 10:1 to which encouragement is given from its being of the Lord, from his willingness to grant it, and from the fruitfulness occasioned by it. The vanity of idols, and idolaters, who can not give it, is exposed; and the distress and confusion they were thrown into is observed, Zec 10:2. The anger of the Lord against the principal of them is declared; and his gracious visitation of the people of the Jews, whom he will honour and glorify, is taken notice of, Zec 10:3 from whom the Messiah sprung, than which a greater glory can not be enjoyed, Zec 10:4 and then follow various promises, relating to them; as of victory over their enemies, through the presence of the Lord with them, Zec 10:5 of strength and salvation to them, as owing to his free grace and mercy, Zec 10:6 of inward spiritual joy in them and theirs, Zec 10:7 of their effectual calling and spiritual increase, in consequence of redeeming grace, Zec 10:8 of their having a name and a place in Gospel churches, where they will remember the Lord, and live with their children, being converted, Zec 10:9 which conversion of theirs is represented in terms alluding to their deliverance from Egypt and Babylon, Zec 10:10,11 and the chapter is concluded with a promise of spiritual strength, so that they shall continue in their profession of faith in Christ, and persevere therein to the end, Zec 10:12.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 20

1. S Leviticus 26:4; S 1 Kings 8:36; S Psalms 104:13; S Psalms 135:7
2. S Job 14:9
3. Ezekiel 21:21
4. S Isaiah 44:25
5. Jeremiah 23:16
6. S Isaiah 40:19
7. S Numbers 27:17; S Jeremiah 23:1; Ezekiel 34:5; S Hosea 3:4; S Matthew 9:36
8. Isaiah 14:9; S Jeremiah 25:34
9. S Ezekiel 34:8-10
10. S Psalms 118:22; S Acts 4:11
11. S Isaiah 22:23
12. S Zechariah 9:10
13. S 2 Samuel 22:43; S Micah 7:10
14. S Amos 2:15; S Micah 5:8; Haggai 2:22; Zechariah 12:4
15. S Ezekiel 30:24
16. S Psalms 102:13; S Isaiah 14:1
17. S Ezekiel 36:37; Ezekiel 37:19; S Zechariah 8:7-8
18. Psalms 34:17; Isaiah 58:9; Isaiah 65:24; Zechariah 13:9
19. Zechariah 9:15
20. S 1 Samuel 2:1; S Isaiah 60:5; S Joel 2:23

Footnotes 1

[a]. Or "ruler, all of them together." / 5"They"