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Zechariah 10:2 Cross-References
Explore 20 cross-references for Zechariah 10:2 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Zechariah chapter 10 verse 2 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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”
Zechariah 10:2 (KJV)
Commentary on Zechariah 10:2
For the idols have spoken vanity (כִּי הַתְּרָפִים דִּבְּרוּ־אָוֶן)—teraphim were household gods/idols used for divination (Genesis 31:19, Ezekiel 21:21). Aven means emptiness, worthlessness, deception. And the diviners have seen a lie (וְהַקֹּסְמִים חָזוּ שָׁקֶר)—kosem (diviner/soothsayer) was forbidden in Israel (Deuteronomy 18:10-12), yet persistently practiced. Their visions are sheker (falsehood), contrasted with true prophetic revelation.And have told false dreams; they comfort in vain—threefold repetition (vanity, lie, false) hammers home idolatry's impotence. Therefore they went their ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Zechariah 10:2
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“he was moved with compassion for them”
“don't you listen to your prophets”
“And Laban went to shear his sheep: and Rachel had stolen the images that were her father's.”
“because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the animals of the field”
“and without prince”
“says the Lord Yahweh”
“my soul shall weep in secret for [your] pride; and my eye shall weep sore”
“I will also break in pieces with thee the shepherd and his flock; and with thee will I break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of oxen; and with thee will I break in pieces captains and rulers.”
“But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.”