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Zechariah 10
12 verses with commentary
The Lord Will Restore Israel
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. bright: or, lightnings
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<strong>Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain</strong> (שַׁאֲלוּ מֵיְהוָה מָטָר בְּעֵת מַלְקוֹשׁ)—<em>malkosh</em> refers to spring rains (March-April) essential for harvest maturation, contrasted with <em>yoreh</em> (autumn/early rain). James 5:7 uses identical agricultural metaphor for patient endurance. Prayer for rain isn't mere pragmatism; it's covenant theology—acknowledging...
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**18. for them--**for their benefit.
**covenant ... with the beasts--**not to hurt them (Job 5:23). They shall fulfil the original law of their creation by becoming subject to man, when man fulfils the law of his being by being subject to God. To be realized fully in millennial times (Is 11:6-9).
**break the bow ... out of the earth--**rather, "out of the land"; that is, I will break and remov...
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Chapter 10
Daniel's vision near the river Hiddekel. (Dn 10:1-9) He is to expect a discovery of future events. (Dn 10:10-21)
**Verses 1-9** . This chapter relates the beginning of Daniel's last vision, which is continued to the end of the book. The time would be long before all would be accomplished; and much of it is not yet fulfilled. Christ appeared to Daniel in a glorious form, and it sho...
Read full commentary →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. idols: Heb. teraphims were: or, answered that, etc
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<strong>For the idols have spoken vanity</strong> (כִּי הַתְּרָפִים דִּבְּרוּ־אָוֶן)—<em>teraphim</em> were household gods/idols used for divination (Genesis 31:19, Ezekiel 21:21). <em>Aven</em> means emptiness, worthlessness, deception. <strong>And the diviners have seen a lie</strong> (וְהַקֹּסְמִים חָזוּ שָׁקֶר)—<em>kosem</em> (diviner/soothsayer) was forbidden in Israel (Deuteronomy 18:10-12),...
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19-20. "Betroth" is thrice repeated, implying the intense love of God to His people; and perhaps, also, the three Persons of the Triune God, severally engaging to make good the betrothal. The marriage covenant will be as it were renewed from the beginning, on a different footing; not for a time only, as before, through the apostasy of the people, but "forever" through the grace of God writing the ...
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Chapter 10
Daniel's vision near the river Hiddekel. (Dn 10:1-9) He is to expect a discovery of future events. (Dn 10:10-21)
**Verses 1-9** . This chapter relates the beginning of Daniel's last vision, which is continued to the end of the book. The time would be long before all would be accomplished; and much of it is not yet fulfilled. Christ appeared to Daniel in a glorious form, and it sho...
Read full commentary →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. punished: Heb. visited upon
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<strong>Mine anger was kindled against the shepherds</strong> (עַל־הָרֹעִים חָרָה אַפִּי)—<em>ro'im</em> (shepherds) represents Judah's failed leaders: kings, priests, prophets who led people into idolatry. God's <em>aph</em> (anger/wrath) burns specifically against those entrusted with spiritual care who betrayed their charge. <strong>And I punished the goats</strong>—<em>attudim</em> can mean he...
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19-20. "Betroth" is thrice repeated, implying the intense love of God to His people; and perhaps, also, the three Persons of the Triune God, severally engaging to make good the betrothal. The marriage covenant will be as it were renewed from the beginning, on a different footing; not for a time only, as before, through the apostasy of the people, but "forever" through the grace of God writing the ...
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Chapter 10
Daniel's vision near the river Hiddekel. (Dn 10:1-9) He is to expect a discovery of future events. (Dn 10:10-21)
**Verses 1-9** . This chapter relates the beginning of Daniel's last vision, which is continued to the end of the book. The time would be long before all would be accomplished; and much of it is not yet fulfilled. Christ appeared to Daniel in a glorious form, and it sho...
Read full commentary →Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together.
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<strong>Out of him came forth the corner, out of him the nail, out of him the battle bow, out of him every oppressor together</strong> (מִמֶּנּוּ פִנָּה מִמֶּנּוּ יָתֵד מִמֶּנּוּ קֶשֶׁת מִלְחָמָה מִמֶּנּוּ יֵצֵא כָל־נוֹגֵשׂ יַחְדָּו)—fourfold <em>mimmennu</em> ('from him/out of him') emphasizes that Judah will produce the essential elements of stability and victory. The <em>pinnah</em> (corner/cor...
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**21. in that day--**of grace to Israel.
**heavens ... hear the earth--**personification. However many be the intermediate instruments, God is the Great First Cause of all nature's phenomena. God had threatened (Ho 2:9) He would take back His corn, His wine, &c. Here, on the contrary, God promises to hearken to the skies, as it were, supplicating Him to fill them with rain to pour on the ear...
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Chapter 10
Daniel's vision near the river Hiddekel. (Dn 10:1-9) He is to expect a discovery of future events. (Dn 10:10-21)
**Verses 1-9** . This chapter relates the beginning of Daniel's last vision, which is continued to the end of the book. The time would be long before all would be accomplished; and much of it is not yet fulfilled. Christ appeared to Daniel in a glorious form, and it sho...
Read full commentary →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. the riders: or, they shall make the riders on horses ashamed
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<strong>And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle</strong> (וְהָיוּ כְגִבֹּרִים בּוֹסִים בְּטִיט חוּצוֹת בַּמִּלְחָמָה)—<em>gibborim</em> (mighty warriors) empowered by God trample enemies into mud, vivid imagery of total victory. <strong>And they shall fight, because the LORD is with them</strong>—divine presence ensures success. Imma...
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Chapter 10
Daniel's vision near the river Hiddekel. (Dn 10:1-9) He is to expect a discovery of future events. (Dn 10:10-21)
**Verses 1-9** . This chapter relates the beginning of Daniel's last vision, which is continued to the end of the book. The time would be long before all would be accomplished; and much of it is not yet fulfilled. Christ appeared to Daniel in a glorious form, and it sho...
Read full commentary →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.
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<strong>And I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will save the house of Joseph</strong> (וְגִבַּרְתִּי אֶת־בֵּית יְהוּדָה וְאֶת־בֵּית יוֹסֵף אוֹשִׁיעַ)—remarkable promise of reunification. Judah (southern kingdom) and Joseph/Ephraim (northern kingdom) split in 922 BC, with northern tribes exiled in 722 BC. God promises to <em>gibar</em> (strengthen, make mighty) and <em>yasha</em> (save, de...
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**23. I will sow her--**referring to the meaning of Jezreel (Ho 2:22).
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Chapter 10
Daniel's vision near the river Hiddekel. (Dn 10:1-9) He is to expect a discovery of future events. (Dn 10:10-21)
**Verses 1-9** . This chapter relates the beginning of Daniel's last vision, which is continued to the end of the book. The time would be long before all would be accomplished; and much of it is not yet fulfilled. Christ appeared to Daniel in a glorious form, and it sho...
Read full commentary →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.
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<strong>And they of Ephraim shall be like a mighty man</strong> (וְהָיוּ כְגִבּוֹר אֶפְרַיִם)—previously weak, rejected Ephraim becomes <em>gibbor</em> (mighty warrior) through divine empowerment. <strong>And their heart shall rejoice as through wine</strong>—<em>samach</em> (rejoice) is covenant joy, the gladness of restored relationship. Wine metaphor suggests celebratory exuberance, not drunken...
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Chapter 10
Daniel's vision near the river Hiddekel. (Dn 10:1-9) He is to expect a discovery of future events. (Dn 10:10-21)
**Verses 1-9** . This chapter relates the beginning of Daniel's last vision, which is continued to the end of the book. The time would be long before all would be accomplished; and much of it is not yet fulfilled. Christ appeared to Daniel in a glorious form, and it sho...
Read full commentary →I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.
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<strong>I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them</strong> (אֶשְׁרְקָה לָהֶם וַאֲקַבְּצֵם כִּי פְדִיתִים)—<em>sharaq</em> (whistle/hiss) is shepherd's call, also used of God summoning Assyria/Egypt as instruments (Isaiah 5:26, 7:18). Here God 'whistles' to regather His scattered flock. <em>Padah</em> (redeem) is covenant language, often used of Exodus redemption. Past redempt...
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CHAPTER 3 Ho 3:1-5. Israel's Condition in Their Present Dispersion, Subsequent to Their Return from Babylon, Symbolized.
The prophet is to take back his wife, though unfaithful, as foretold in Ho 1:2. He purchases her from her paramour, stipulating she should wait for a long period before she should be restored to her conjugal rights. So Israel is to live for a long period without her ancient ri...
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Chapter 10
Daniel's vision near the river Hiddekel. (Dn 10:1-9) He is to expect a discovery of future events. (Dn 10:10-21)
**Verses 1-9** . This chapter relates the beginning of Daniel's last vision, which is continued to the end of the book. The time would be long before all would be accomplished; and much of it is not yet fulfilled. Christ appeared to Daniel in a glorious form, and it sho...
Read full commentary →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.
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<strong>And I will sow them among the people</strong> (וְאֶזְרָעֵם בָּעַמִּים)—<em>zara</em> (to sow/scatter seed) transforms diaspora from curse to mission. Rather than regathering immediately, God strategically 'plants' His people among nations as seed producing harvest. <strong>And they shall remember me in far countries</strong> (וּזְכָרֻנִי בַּמֶּרְחַקִּים)—<em>zachar</em> (remember) is coven...
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**2. I bought her--**The price paid is too small to be a probable dowry wherewith to buy a wife from her parents; but it is just half the price of a female slave, in money, the rest of the price being made up in grain (Ex 21:32). Hosea pays this for the redemption of his wife, who has become the slave of her paramour. The price being half grain was because the latter was the allowance of food for ...
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Chapter 10
Daniel's vision near the river Hiddekel. (Dn 10:1-9) He is to expect a discovery of future events. (Dn 10:10-21)
**Verses 1-9** . This chapter relates the beginning of Daniel's last vision, which is continued to the end of the book. The time would be long before all would be accomplished; and much of it is not yet fulfilled. Christ appeared to Daniel in a glorious form, and it sho...
Read full commentary →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.
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<strong>I will bring them again also out of the land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria</strong> (וּמֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם אֲשִׁיבֵם וּמֵאַשּׁוּר אֲקַבְּצֵם)—Egypt and Assyria represent all places of exile (some Jews fled to Egypt post-586 BC, Jeremiah 43). God promises comprehensive regathering from all dispersion points. This is new Exodus language—<em>shuv</em> (bring back) and <em>qabatz</em>...
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**3. abide for me--**separate from intercourse with any other man, and remaining for me who have redeemed thee (compare De 21:13).
**so will I also be for thee--**remain for thee, not taking any other consort. As Israel should long remain without serving other gods, yet separate from Jehovah; so Jehovah on His part, in this long period of estrangement, would form no marriage covenant with any ot...
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**Verses 10-21** Whenever we enter into communion with God, it becomes us to have a due sense of the infinite distance between us and the holy God. How shall we, that are dust and ashes, speak to the Lord of glory? Nothing is more likely, nothing more effectual to revive the drooping spirits of the saints, than to be assured of God's love to them. From the very first day we begin to look toward Go...
Read full commentary →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.
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<strong>And he shall pass through the sea with affliction</strong> (וְעָבַר בַּיָּם צָרָה)—new Exodus typology, recalling Israel's Red Sea crossing (Exodus 14). <em>Tsarah</em> (affliction/trouble) acknowledges that return involves hardship, not effortless deliverance. <strong>And shall smite the waves in the sea</strong>—God strikes the waters as He did at the Red Sea, demonstrating continued sov...
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4. The long period here foretold was to be one in which Israel should have no civil polity, king, or prince, no sacrifice to Jehovah, and yet no idol, or false god, no ephod, or teraphim. Exactly describing their state for the last nineteen centuries, separate from idols, yet without any legal sacrifice to Jehovah, whom they profess to worship, and without being acknowledged by Him as His Church. ...
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**Verses 10-21** Whenever we enter into communion with God, it becomes us to have a due sense of the infinite distance between us and the holy God. How shall we, that are dust and ashes, speak to the Lord of glory? Nothing is more likely, nothing more effectual to revive the drooping spirits of the saints, than to be assured of God's love to them. From the very first day we begin to look toward Go...
Read full commentary →And I will strengthen them in the LORD; and they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD.
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<strong>And I will strengthen them in the LORD</strong> (וְגִבַּרְתִּים בַּיהוָה)—<em>gibar</em> (make strong/mighty) <strong>in Yahweh</strong>, not in themselves. Strength is relational, derived from covenant union with God. This is the essence of biblical empowerment: dependence, not autonomy. <strong>And they shall walk up and down in his name, saith the LORD</strong> (וּבִשְׁמוֹ יִתְהַלָּכוּ ...
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**5. Afterward--**after the long period ("many days," Ho 3:4) has elapsed.
**return--**from their idols to "their God," from whom they had wandered.
**David their king--**Israel had forsaken the worship of Jehovah at the same time that they forsook their allegiance to David's line. Their repentance towards God is therefore to be accompanied by their return to the latter. So Judah and Israel sh...
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**Verses 10-21** Whenever we enter into communion with God, it becomes us to have a due sense of the infinite distance between us and the holy God. How shall we, that are dust and ashes, speak to the Lord of glory? Nothing is more likely, nothing more effectual to revive the drooping spirits of the saints, than to be assured of God's love to them. From the very first day we begin to look toward Go...
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