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.

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 * .

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.

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.

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 * .

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.

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.

8.  I will hiss * for them, and gather * them; for I have redeemed * them: and they shall increase * as they have increased * .

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.  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.

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 * .

12.  And I will strengthen * them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down * in his name, saith * the LORD.