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Zechariah 10 Expanded Bible (EXB)

The Lord’s Promises

10 Ask the Lord for rain during the ·springtime [^Llatter] rains.
    The Lord is the one who makes the storm clouds.
He sends the showers
    and gives everyone ·green [plants in the] fields.
²·Idols [Household gods; ^LTeraphim; Gen. 31:19] ·tell lies [or give worthless counsel];
    fortune-tellers see ·false [lying] visions
and tell about false dreams.
    The comfort they give is ·worth nothing [in vain].
So the people ·are [wander] like lost sheep.
    They are ·abused [oppressed; or in distress], because there is no shepherd.

³The Lord says, “·I am angry [My anger burns] at my shepherds,
    and I will punish the ·leaders [^Llead goats].
I, the Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; ^Tof hosts], care
    for my flock, the ·people [^Lhouse] of Judah.
    I will make them like my ·proud [majestic] war horses.

⁴From ·Judah [^Lhim] will come the cornerstone,
    and the tent peg,
    the battle bow,
    and every ruler.
⁵Together they will be like ·soldiers [mighty men]
    ·marching to battle [or trampling their enemies] through muddy streets.
The Lord is with them,
    so they will fight and ·defeat [^Lput to shame] the horsemen.

⁶“I will strengthen the ·people [^Lhouse] of Judah
    and save the ·people [^Lhouse] of Joseph.
I will bring them back,
    because I ·care about [have compassion on] them.
It will be as though
    I had never ·left [rejected] them,
because I am the Lord their God,
    and I will ·answer [hear] them.
⁷The people of Ephraim will be strong like ·soldiers [mighty men];
    ·they will be glad [^Ltheir hearts will rejoice] as when they have drunk wine.
Their children will see it and rejoice;
    they will ·be happy [rejoice] in the Lord.
⁸I will ·call [signal/whistle for] my people
    and gather them together.
I will ·save [redeem] them,
    and they grow as numerous as they were before.
⁹I have scattered them among the nations,
    but in those faraway places, they will remember me.
    They and their children will ·live [survive; sprout forth] and return.
¹⁰I will bring them back from the land of Egypt
    and gather them from Assyria.
I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon
    until there isn’t enough room for them all.
¹¹·They [or The Lord; ^LHe] will come through the sea of trouble [^Cas at the Red/or Reed Sea; Ex. 14:22].
    The waves of the sea will be calm,
    and the ·Nile River [^Ldepths of the Nile/River] will dry up.
I will ·defeat [bring down; humble] Assyria’s pride
    and destroy Egypt’s ·power over other countries [^Lscepter; ^Cruling authority].
¹²I will make my people strong [^Lin the Lord],
    and they will ·live as I say [^Lwalk in my name],” says the Lord.

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