King James Version
Zechariah 10:9 in the King James Version says “And I will sow them among the people: and they shall remember me in far countries; and they shall live with their childr...” — study this verse from Zechariah chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Zechariah 10:9 · KJV
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.
I will hiss for them, and gather them; for I have redeemed them: and they shall increase as they have increased.
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.
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.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“them among the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
“me in far countries”
H4801remoteness, i.e., (concretely) a distant place; often (adverbially) from afar
“and they shall remember”
H2142properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e., to remember; by implication, to mention; to be male
“and they shall live”
H2421to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
“with their children”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“and turn again”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
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