THE BOOK OF ZECHARIAH

 

Zechariah Chapter 10

1 ¶ Ask the LORD for rain at the time of the spring rain; and the LORD will make rain clouds, and give them showers of rain, and crops in the field.

2 But the idols speak falsehood, the fortune tellers have seen a lie, and tell false dreams; their comfort is in vain: therefore the people wander like sheep, they are in trouble, because there is no shepherd.

3 My anger flames against the shepherds, and I will punish the goats: for the LORD of hosts will take care of his flock the house of Judah, and will make them his splendid horse in the battle.

4 From them will come the corner stone, from them the tent peg, from them the battle bow, from them every commander will go forth.

5 ¶ And they will be as mighty men, who tread down their enemies in the mud of the streets in the battle: and they will fight, because the LORD is with them, and the horsemen will be put to shame.

6 And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them back and settle them; because I love them: and they will be as though I had never rejected them: for I am the LORD their God, and will hear them.

7 And Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their heart will be glad as if with wine: yea, their children will see it, and be glad; their heart will rejoice in the LORD.

8 I will whistle for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they will be as many as they ever were.

9 Though I have scattered them among the nations: they will remember me even in distant lands; and they will live with their children, and return.

10 I will bring them back from the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and there will not be room enough for them.

11 But they will pass through a sea of affliction, and will strike the waves of the sea, and all the depths of the river will dry up: and the pride of Assyria will be brought low, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.

12 And I will make them mighty in the LORD; and they will march in his name, says the LORD.